Hiroomi Yamada (山田 宏臣, Yamada Hiroomi, 4 March 1942 – 21 October 1981) was a Japanese long jumper who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
[1] Yamada was the first Asian to jump eight metres, doing so with a leap 8.01 at Odawara on June 7, 1970.
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