Atsushi Yamamoto

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Atsushi Yamamoto (山本篤, Yamamoto Atsushi, born April 19, 1982) is a leg amputee athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T42 sprint and long jump events. He won silver medals in the long jump at the 2008 and 2016 Paralympics.^[2]

Atsushi Yamamoto

Yamamoto at the 2016 Olympics

Personal information

Native name

山本篤

Born

April 19, 1982 (age 42)
Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan^[1]

Height

167 cm (5 ft 6 in)

Website

Official website

Sport

Sport

Paralympic athletics

Disability class

Medal record

Representing Japan

Paralympic Games
	2008 Beijing	Long jump F42/44
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Long jump T42
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	4 × 100 m T42–47
IPC World Championships
	2013 Lyon	Long jump T42
	2015 Doha	Long jump T42
	2006 Assen	4 × 100 m T42–46
	2006 Assen	100 m T42
	2011 Christchurch	100 m T42
	2011 Christchurch	200 m T42
	2011 Christchurch	Long jump F42

Updated on 28 July 2015

Yamamoto also competed in snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.^[3]^[4]

He competed in the men's long jump T63 event at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships held in Paris, France.^[5]

References

^ "山本篤 OFFICIAL WEB SITE profile". 山本篤 OFFICIAL WEB SITE (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Atsushi Yamamoto". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23.
^ "Medals and Ranking — Men's Snowboard Cross SB-LL1". pyeongchang2018.com. PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018.
^ "Medals and Ranking — Men's Banked Slalom SB-LL1". pyeongchang2018.com. PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018.
^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2023 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Atsushi Yamamoto at the International Paralympic Committee
Atsushi Yamamoto at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
Media related to Atsushi Yamamoto at Wikimedia Commons

Yamamoto at the 2016 Olympics

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