Masaharu Yamada
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Masaharu Yamada is a Japanese
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 weightlifter.

He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 56 kg
The men's 56 kg weightlifting event was the lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 10, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters...

in the 56kg division finishing ninth, with a new personal best of 259kg. He beat his previous best by 6kg.

He is 5 ft 1 inches tall and weighs 130lb.
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