Hidetaka Yamada

Hidetaka Yamada
Personal information
Born (1976-06-22) June 22, 1976
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton

Hidetaka Yamada (山田 英孝, Yamada Hidetaka; born June 22, 1976 in Hyogo, Japan) is a male badminton player from Japan.[1]

Yamada played badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia in both times.[2]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2002 Western Australia International Japan Yousuke Nakanishi 7–0, 5–7, 4–7, 6–7 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [3]
2003 Guatemala International Wales Richard Vaughan 15–11, 10–15, 8–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2004 Finnish International Finland Kasperi Salo 15–13, 12–15, 15–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Croatian International Denmark Joachim Persson 4–15, 15–8, 15–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Hidetaka Yamada". JOC.or.jp (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on September 10, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2007.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hidetaka Yamada". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Western Australian International 2002 | Results". BIPROGY (in Japanese). 25 July 2002. Archived from the original on 9 April 2026. Retrieved 13 April 2026.