Yukihiro Hashimoto (橋本行弘, ''Hashimoto Yukihiro'', born 17 September 1965) is a Japanese former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who was a goalkeeper. In 1988 he competed in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. He later won three medals at the

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

: silver in 1990 in Beijing and in 1994 in Hiroshima and bronze in 1998 in Bangkok. He also has been one of the best goalkeeper at the 1997 World Championship played in Japan and has then been the third choice in the election of the

IHF World Player of the Year The IHF World Player of the Year is a handball award given annually to the player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous season, both at club and international competitions. It is awarded based on votes from experts, media a ...

in 1997.

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1965 births Living people Japanese male handball players Olympic handball players for Japan Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in handball Handball players at the 1990 Asian Games Handball players at the 1994 Asian Games Handball players at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-handball-bio-stub