Hugo Hoyama

Hugo Hoyama
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Personal information
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1969-05-09) May 9, 1969 São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing Brazil Pan-American Games Indianapolis 1987 Team Havana 1991 Singles Havana 1991 Doubles Havana 1991 Team Mar del Plata 1995 Singles Mar del Plata 1995 Doubles Mar del Plata 1995 Team Santo Domingo 2003 Doubles Rio de Janeiro 2007 Team Guadalajara 2011 Team Indianapolis 1987 Doubles Mar del Plata 1995 Mixed Doubles Winnipeg 1999 Team Santo Domingo 2003 Singles Rio de Janeiro 2007 Singles 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

Hugo Hoyama (born May 9, 1969) is a Brazilian table tennis player who has won several medals in single, double, and team events in the Latin American Table Tennis Championships. 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.

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 and participated in every Olympic game since debuting as an Olympian at the 1992 Olympic Games and competed in the 2012 Olympic Games, where he plans to retire as an Olympian.

Hugo Hoyama was referenced on The Office when Dwight said that he owns a life-sized poster of Hugo on his wall.

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.

Hugo is the founder of the Hugo Hoyama Foundation. Other than his native Portuguese, Hoyama also speaks English, Spanish and Japanese

In popular culture

Hoyama is briefly mentioned in the eight 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.

See also

• List of table tennis players

External links

• Hugo Hoyama's official website (Portuguese)
• Table Tennis Master