Hugo Hoyama
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Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hugo Hoyama (born May 9, 1969) is a retired Brazilian table tennis player of Japanese origin who has won several medals in single, double and team events in the Pan American Games and in the Latin American Championships.[4] He competed in six editions of the Olympic Games in his career, between Barcelona 1992 and London 2012, and seven Pan American Games, from Indianapolis 1987 to Guadalajara 2011.[5] Along with Gustavo Tsuboi and Thiago Monteiro, Hoyama was part of the winning team at the 2007 Pan American Games and 2011 Pan American Games.[4][6]
Career
Born in
At the
In 2007, Hoyama was invited by Carlos Nuzman from the Brazilian Olympic Committee to be the flag bearer for Brazil at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara. According to Nuzman, the choice of Hoyama displays support from the committee to all sports that Brazilians play.[12]
Hugo is the founder of the Hugo Hoyama Foundation.[13] Other than his native Portuguese, Hoyama also speaks English, Spanish and Japanese[9]
In popular culture
Hoyama is briefly mentioned in the
See also
References
- ^ Hoyama profile at UOL
- ^ Hoyama profile at UOL
- ^ Hugo Hoyama Stats Archived October 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. ITTF.
- ^ a b ITTF Database. "HOYAMA, Hugo (BRA)". Archived from the original on October 16, 2012.
- ^ COB Profile
- ^ UOL Esporte (Pan 2007). "Brasileiros (Tênis de Mesa)".
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Hugo Hoyama's Biography and Olympic Records". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
- ^ Ian Marshall (July 25, 2007). "Hugo Hoyama Sets New Brazilian Pan American Record in Rio de Janeiro". ITTF. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
- ^ a b "Hugo Hoyama Profile". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ^ "Rumo à sexta Olimpíada, Hugo Hoyama projeta despedida e prepara sobrinho como sucessor" (in Portuguese). R7. May 6, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Superado, Hugo Hoyama celebra resultado de Hugo Calderano nas Olimpíadas
- ^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "ESPORTE NA REDE - HUGO HOYAMA (Edição 83)". YouTube.
- Jorg Rosskopf and of course Ashraf Helmy. I even have a life-size poster of Hugo Hoyama on my wall. And the first time I left Pennsylvania, was to go to the hall of fame induction ceremony of Andrzej Grubba.
External links
- Media related to Hugo Hoyama at Wikimedia Commons
- Hugo Hoyama's official website (Portuguese)
- Table Tennis Master Archived August 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine