Hiroshi Yamamoto

Hiroshi Yamamoto is a Japanese archer, born on 31 October 1962, and a former world number one. He won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics and returned to the Games twenty years later. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he won his first three elimination matches, then beat the top-ranked Im Dong-hyun of South Korea in the quarterfinals and Australia's Tim Cuddihy in a tie-break in the semifinals. He lost the gold medal match to Marco Galiazzo of Italy, 111 to 109, and took the silver medal. He was also part of the Japanese men's team that finished eighth in Athens. Since 2004 he has been a frequent guest on Japanese television programs and a well recognized public figure.