Hugo Hoyama

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]

Hugo Hoyama
Personal information
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1969-05-09) May 9, 1969
São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb) [2]
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games[3]
1987 IndianapolisTeam
1991 HavanaSingles
1991 HavanaDoubles
1991 HavanaTeam
1995 Mar del PlataSingles
1995 Mar del PlataDoubles
1995 Mar del PlataTeam
2003 Santo DomingoDoubles
2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2011 GuadalajaraTeam
1987 IndianapolisDoubles
1995 Mar del PlataMixed Doubles
1999 WinnipegTeam
2003 Santo DomingoSingles
2007 Rio de JaneiroSingles
Latin American Championships
1990 Sancti Spiritus Team
1992 Havana Singles
1994 Sancti Spiritus Singles
1994 Sancti Spiritus Doubles
1994 Sancti Spiritus Team
1996 Mexico City Singles
1996 Mexico City Doubles
1998 Mexico City Doubles
2000 Coquimbo Singles
2000 Coquimbo Doubles
2000 Coquimbo Mixed Doubles
2000 Coquimbo Team
2002 Santo Domingo Singles
2002 Santo Domingo Doubles
2002 Santo Domingo Team
2003 El Salvador Doubles
2004 Valvidia Mixed Doubles
2004 Valvidia Team
2005 Punta Del Este Team
2006 Medellin Doubles
2007 Guarulhos Doubles
2007 Guarulhos Team
2008 Santo Domingo Team
2009 San Salvador Doubles
2009 San Salvador Team
2010 Cancun Doubles
2010 Cancun Team
1989 Las Tunas Singles
1989 Las Tunas Doubles
1990 Sancti Spiritus Singles
1992 Havana Doubles
1996 Mexico City Team
1998 Mexico City Singles
1998 Mexico City Team
2004 Valvidia Singles
2005 Punta Del Este Mixed Doubles
2006 Medellin Singles
2006 Medellin Team
2009 San Salvador Singles
2007 Guarulhos Singles
2010 Cancun Singles
South American Games
2006 B.AiresDoubles
2006 B.AiresTeam
2010 MedellínTeam
2010 MedellínDoubles
2006 B.AiresSingles

Career

Born in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Hoyama broke the Brazilian record of most gold medals in the Pan American Games, which used to belong to the Brazilian swimmer Gustavo Borges[7][8] and participated in every Olympic game since debuting as an Olympian at the 1992 Olympic Games[9] and competed in the 2012 Olympic Games, where he plans to retire as an Olympian.[10]

At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, reaching the round of 16 and finishing in ninth place in the competition, beating world champion Jorgen Persson of Sweden along the way, Hoyama posted the best result in Brazilian tennis table history at the Olympics. He was only surpassed in 2020 by Hugo Calderano, who reached the quarterfinals.[11]

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]

Hoyama is briefly mentioned in the eighth episode of the fourth season of The Office American TV series. Table tennis plays a major role in the plot and Dwight Schrute says he even has a life-size poster of Hugo Hoyama in his room.[14]

See also

References
  1. Hoyama profile at UOL
  2. Hoyama profile at UOL
  3. Hugo Hoyama Stats Archived October 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. ITTF.
  4. ITTF Database. "HOYAMA, Hugo (BRA)". Archived from the original on October 16, 2012.
  5. COB Profile
  6. UOL Esporte (Pan 2007). "Brasileiros (Tênis de Mesa)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. "Hugo Hoyama's Biography and Olympic Records". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
  8. 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.
  9. "Hugo Hoyama Profile". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  10. "Rumo à sexta Olimpíada, Hugo Hoyama projeta despedida e prepara sobrinho como sucessor" (in Portuguese). R7. May 6, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  11. Superado, Hugo Hoyama celebra resultado de Hugo Calderano nas Olimpíadas
  12. "- YouTube". YouTube.
  13. "ESPORTE NA REDE - HUGO HOYAMA (Edição 83)". YouTube.
  14. "The Deposition". The Office. Season 4. Episode 12. All of my heroes, are table tennis players. Zoran Primorac, Jan-Ove Waldner, Wang Tao, 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.
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