Hiroomi Yamada
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | 4 March 1942 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 21 October 1981 (aged 39) Gyeongju, Korea |
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | long jump |
Hiroomi Yamada (山田 宏臣, Yamada Hiroomi; 4 March 1942 – 21 October 1981) was a Japanese long jumper who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1]
Yamada was the first Asian to jump eight metres, doing so with a leap 8.01 at Odawara on June 7, 1970.[2][3]
Yamada twice finished second at the British AAA Championships,[4] behind Lynn Davies at the 1968 AAA Championships[5] and behind Alan Lerwill at the 1970 AAA Championships.[6]
References
- ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hiroomi Yamada". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^"Career Statistics of Yamada". Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^Personal best jumps over 7.82 metresArchived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (accessed July July 17, 2013)
- ^"AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^"White City results". The People. 14 July 1968. Retrieved 11 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^"AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
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