Yoshihisa Ishida

Yoshihisa Ishida
Ishida at the 1966 Asian Games
Personal information
Born (1944-05-19) May 19, 1944
Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan[1]
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Hammer throw, shot put
Achievements and titles
Personal bestHT – 70.54 m (1972)[1][2]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
1966 Bangkok Shot put
1970 Bangkok Hammer throw
Asian Championships
1975 Seoul Hammer throw
1975 Seoul Shot put

Yoshihisa Ishida (石田 義久, Ishida Yoshihisa; born May 19, 1944) is a retired shot putter and hammer thrower from Japan, who won a silver medal in each event at the Asian Games. He competed in the hammer throw at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and placed 13th and 25th, respectively.[3][1] He also won two medals at the 1975 Asian Championships[4] and the gold medal at the 1967 Summer Universiade.[5]

Ishida twice finished on the podium at the British AAA Championships in the hammer throw event at the 1968 AAA Championships[6] and 1970 AAA Championships.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Yoshihisa Ishida. sports-reference
  2. ^ Yoshihisa Ishida trackfield.brinkster
  3. ^ "Asian Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Asian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  5. ^ "World Student Games (Universiade – Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  6. ^ "White City results". The People. 14 July 1968. Retrieved 11 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  8. ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2025.