Masaru Yamada
Japanese fencer (born 1994)
Masaru Yamada Yamada in 2015
Born (1994-06-14 ) June 14, 1994 (age 30) Toba , JapanCountry Japan Weapon Épée Hand Right-handed
Masaru Yamada (山田優, Yamada Masaru , born 14 June 1994)[ 1] Japanese right-handed épée fencer , 2016 team Asian champion, 2019 individual Asian champion, and 2021 team Olympic champion.[ 2]
Along with Koki Kano , Kazuyasu Minobe , and Satoru Uyama , Yamada was a member of the Japanese team that won gold in the team men's épée event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games . It was Japan's first Olympic gold medal in fencing.[ 3]
Medal record
Olympic Games
Year
Location
Event
Position
2021
Tokyo , Japan
Team Men's Épée
1st[ 4]
World Championship
Year
Location
Event
Position
2022
Cairo , Egypt
Team Men's Épée
3rd[ 5]
Asian Championship
Year
Location
Event
Position
2014
Suwon , South Korea
Team Men's Épée
3rd[ 6]
2015
Team Men's Épée
3rd[ 7]
2016
Wuxi , China
Team Men's Épée
1st[ 8]
2017
Hong Kong , China
Team Men's Épée
3rd[ 9]
2019
Tokyo , Japan
Individual Men's Épée
1st[ 10]
2022
Seoul , South Korea
Team Men's Épée
3rd[ 11]
Grand Prix
Date
Location
Event
Position
2020-01-24
Doha , Qatar
Individual Men's Épée
3rd[ 12]
2020-03-06
Budapest , Hungary
Individual Men's Épée
1st[ 13]
World Cup
References
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1908 : Alibert , Berger , Collignon , Olivier , Gravier , Lippmann , Stern (FRA ) 1912 : P. Anspach , H. Anspach , Hennet , de Montigny , Ochs , Rom , Salmon , Willems (BEL ) 1920 : A. Nadi , N. Nadi , Olivier , Canova , Urbani , Bozza , Marrazzi , Allochio , Costantino , di Revel (ITA ) 1924 : Gaudin , Buchard , Ducret , Labatut , Liottel , Lippmann , Tainturier (FRA ) 1928 : Basletta , Bertinetti , Cornaggia-Medici , Agostino , Minoli , Riccardi (ITA ) 1932 : Jourdant , Schmetz , Tainturier , Buchard , Piot , Cattiau (FRA ) 1936 : Pezzana , Mangiarotti , Ragno , Cornaggia-Medici , Brusati , Riccardi (ITA ) 1948 : Huet , Pécheux , Desprets , Artigas , Guérin , Lepage (FRA ) 1952 : Battaglia , Pavesi , Bertinetti , Delfino , D. Mangiarotti , E. Mangiarotti (ITA ) 1956 : Delfino , Bertinetti , Pellegrino , Anglesio , Pavesi , Mangiarotti (ITA ) 1960 : Delfino , Pellegrino , Pavesi , Mangiarotti , Marini , Saccaro (ITA ) 1964 : Bárány , Gábor , Kausz , Kulcsár , Nemere (HUN ) 1968 : Fenyvesi , Nemere , Schmitt , Kulcsár , Nagy (HUN ) 1972 : Erdős , Fenyvesi , Kulcsár , Schmitt , Osztrics (HUN ) 1976 : von Essen , Jacobson , Edling , Högström , Flodström (SWE ) 1980 : Riboud , Picot , Gardas , Boisse , Salesse (FRA ) 1984 : Borrmann , Fischer , Heer , Nickel , Pusch (FRG ) 1988 : Delpla , Henry , Lenglet , Riboud , Srecki (FRA ) 1992 : Borrmann , Felisiak , Schmitt , Proske , Resnitschenko (GER ) 1996 : Cuomo , Mazzoni , Randazzo (ITA ) 2000 : Mazzoni , Milanoli , Randazzo , Rota (ITA ) 2004 : F. Jeannet , J. Jeannet , Obry , Boisse (FRA ) 2008 : J. Jeannet , F. Jeannet , Robeiri (FRA ) 2016 : Grumier , Borel , Jérent , Lucenay (FRA ) 2020 : Kano , Minobe , Yamada , Uyama (JPN ) 2024 : Koch , Andrásfi , Siklósi , Nagy (HUN )
