Hiroomi Yamada

Hiroomi Yamada (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 8 metres, doing so with a leap 8.01 at Odawara in 1971 [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Career Statistics of Yamada
  3. ↑ Personal best jumps over 7.82 metres (accessed July July 17, 2013)
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