Nickname(s) Yasu Discipline Trampolining Height 1.62 m Other name Yasu | Country represented Japan Years on national team 2005(?)-2016 Weight 59 kg | |
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Born 16 October 1984 (age 32) ( 1984-10-16 ) Level Senior International Elite Profiles | ||
Yasuhiro ueyama final 2009 world championships
Yasuhiro Ueyama (上山 容弘; born (1984-10-16)16 October 1984) is a Japanese individual and synchronised trampolinist, representing his nation at international competitions. He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. He also competed at world championships, including at the 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Trampoline World Championships.
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He took up gymnsatics at age three in Osaka, Japan. He was influenced by his father, who was a trampolinist. He received an Excellence Award for international competitions at the 2008 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Awards Ceremony. He received the Best Athletic Team award at the 2011 Yomiuri Newspaper Sports Merit Award Ceremony. He sustained plantalgia [pain in the sole of foot] in his right foot for two months ahead of the 2015 World Cup in France.
He retired from competition in February 2016.
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He studied Physical Education at the Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, Japan.