FIBA Hall of Fame
    Yoshimi UEDA (JPN)

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    2007
    CLASS

    Category | Contributor Date of Birth | 28.06.1906 Date of Death | 09.11.1996 Country | Japan

    Highlights

    • Player of the Tokyo Shoka University from 1928 to 1934, winning 2 All-Japan Championships

    • Director of International Relations of the Japan Basketball Association: 1954-1969

    • Member of the Japanese Olympic Committee: since 1959

    • Member of the FIBA Central Board: 1959-1989

    • One of the original members who contributed to the foundation of the Asian Basketball Confederation (current FIBA Asia) in 1960

    • Member of the Central Board of the Asian Basketball Confederation: 1960-1989

    • General Director of the Basketball Competitions in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games: 1963-1964

    Distinctions & Recognitions

    • FIBA Order of Merit in 1994