Masateru Yugami
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| Born | 14 April 1993 Kōka, Shiga, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Discus throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Masateru Yugami (真野 友博, Yugami Masateru; born 14 April 1993) is a Japanese discus thrower. He has won medals at the Asian Athletics Championships and the Summer Deaflympics.
Early life
Born in Kōka, Shiga, Yugami was diagnosed with congenital hearing loss shortly after birth and underwent cochlear implant surgery in the sixth grade of elementary school.[1]
Career
Yugami began competing in throwing events in track and field at Shiga Prefectural Moriyama High School and distinguished himself in the discus throw while attending Chukyo University. After joining Toyota Motor Corporation, he represented Japan at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics, winning a silver medal with a throw of 55.58 meters.
In June 2018, at the 102nd Japan Championships in Athletics, Yugami set a new Japanese record of 61.02 m with his third throw in the discus throw, becoming the first Japanese athlete to break the 61-meter barrier. He then broke the record again with 62.03 m with his fourth throw and 62.16 m with his fifth throw.[2] The Japanese discus throw entered a long period of stagnation after Kiyotaka Kawasaki recorded 60.22 m, and it took nearly 40 years for the Japanese record to be broken until Yuji Tsutsumi broke it with 60.37 m in 2017.[3] Yugami broke Tsutsumi's record in less than a year (and it was broken again by Tsutsumi in March 2020). This record is also a world deaf record.[4][5] He was selected for the Japanese national team for the first time at the 2018 Asian Games, where he placed sixth with a throw of 57.62 m.[6][7]
On April 26, 2025, Yugami broke Japan's record for the first time in five years with a throw of 64.48 m at the Oklahoma Throw Challenge.[8] On May 29 of the same year, he won a silver medal at the Asian Athletics Championships.[9] It was the first medal for Japan in the event in 34 years.[9] He was selected to represent Japan at the 2025 Summer Deaflympics, where he won the gold medal.[10][11]
References
- ^ 朽木誠一郎 (9 July 2018). "難聴がある。でも、それは世界に挑戦しない理由にはならない" (in Japanese). BuzzFeed Japan. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ "日本記録が２種目で誕生" (in Japanese). Daily Sports Newspaper Company. 24 June 2018.
- ^ "最古の日本記録更新！円盤投げ堤雄司が60ｍ37" (in Japanese). 日刊スポーツ. 22 July 2017.
- ^ "日本ろう記録_2019年12月9日更新" (PDF). 一般社団法人日本聴覚障害者陸上競技協会. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "World Deaf Record - Men". International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "円盤 湯上剛輝選手 日本新記録で優勝！". 一般社団法人日本聴覚障害者陸上競技協会. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "リザルト" (PDF). 第18回アジア競技大会. 日本陸上競技連盟. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "円盤投・湯上剛輝が63m85＆64m48日本新連発！米国で5年ぶり快挙、東京世界陸上の開催国枠設定記録も突破". 月陸Online (in Japanese). 月刊陸上競技. 29 April 2025. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ a b "男子円盤投・湯上剛輝が60m38で銀！ 日本勢34年ぶりメダルに「集中した投げができた」／アジア選手権". 月陸Online (in Japanese). 月刊陸上競技. 30 May 2025. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "デフリンピック日本代表に円盤投・湯上剛輝が選出 男子100mで連覇目指す佐々木琢磨らも代表入り". 月陸Online｜月刊陸上競技. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "男子円盤投げ湯上剛輝選手（32）デフ記録更新で悲願の金メダル！ 男子4×100mリレーも圧巻の走りで金 10日目もメダル続々！". fnn.jp (in Japanese). 25 November 2025.