Yoshimi Yamashita
Full name | Yoshimi Yamashita | ||
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Born |
Tokyo, Japan | 20 February 1986||
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Years | League | Role | |
FIFA listed | Referee |
Yoshimi Yamashita (山下良美, Yamashita Yoshimi, born 20 February 1986) is an international football referee from Japan.[1][2] She was an official at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.[3][4] She also refereed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the match between the United States and Sweden. In 2022 she was one of the three women referees selected to officiate at the men's World Cup.[5]
References
- ^ "Yoshimi Yamashita » Matches as referee". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Japan - Y. Yamashita - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Women Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA Frauen-WM 2019 - Nachrichten - Aufgebot der Spieloffiziellen für die FIFA Frauen-WM 2019". FIFA.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ FIFA.com
- ^ "Female referees to officiate at men's World Cup for the first time". the Guardian. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.