Yu Yamamoto (山本優, ''Yamamoto Yū'', born 20 August 1988) is a Japanese

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

player. She competed in the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

and won a gold medal.

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1988 births Living people Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Japanese softball players Olympic softball players of Japan Asian Games medalists in softball Softball players at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Softball players at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in softball Olympic gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-bio-stub