Masaru Yamada

Masaru Yamada
Yamada in 2015
Personal information
Born (1994-06-14) June 14, 1994
Toba, Japan
Fencing career
SportFencing
CountryJapan
WeaponÉpée
HandRight-handed
Medal record
Men's épée
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Team
2024 Paris Team
World Championships
2025 Tbilisi Team
2022 Cairo Team
2025 Tbilisi Individual
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team
2022 Hangzhou Team
2014 Incheon Team
Asian Championships
2016 Wuxi Team
2019 Chiba Individual
2024 Kuwait City Team
2014 Suwon Team
2015 Singapore Team
2017 Hong Kong Team
2019 Chiba Team
Summer Universiade
2017 Taipei Individual

Masaru Yamada (山田優, Yamada Masaru, born 14 June 1994)[1] is a 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 team 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 Singapore 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

Year Location Event Position
2024-05-17 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France Individual Men's Épée 2nd[14]
2024-02-22 Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany Individual Men's Épée 1st[15]
2023-11-10 Bern, Switzerland Individual Men's Épée 3rd[16]

References

  1. ^ "Fencing Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  4. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  5. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  6. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  7. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  8. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  9. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  10. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  11. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  12. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  13. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  14. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  15. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  16. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
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