Masami Yoshida (javelin thrower)
Masami Yoshida (Japanese: 吉田 雅美; 14 June 1958 – 7 March 2000) was a javelin thrower from Japan, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. He was born in Arida. He achieved his personal best (75.96 metres) on 25 August 1991 during the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Yoshida committed suicide in Tokyo in 2000.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Japan | ||||
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 5th | 81.98 m |
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 22nd | 74.90 m |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 21st | 76.90 m |
1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 3rd | 77.36 m |
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 22nd | 75.96 m |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 23rd | 72.88 m |
Categories:
- 1958 births
- 2000 suicides
- Japanese male javelin throwers
- Olympic male javelin throwers
- Olympic athletes of Japan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
- Japan Championships in Athletics winners
- Sportspeople from Wakayama Prefecture
- Suicides in Japan
- 20th-century Japanese people
- Japanese athletics biography stubs