was a Japanese

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er who competed in the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

and in the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

. Yamada was the first Asian to jump eight metres, doing so with a leap 8.01 at Odawara on June 7, 1970.Personal best jumps over 7.82 metres
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1942 births 1981 deaths Japanese male long jumpers Japanese male sprinters Olympic male long jumpers Olympic male sprinters Olympic athletes of Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 Asian Games Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games Japan Championships in Athletics winners {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub