Kyosuke Oyama

{{short description|Japanese Paralympic swimmer}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 2008 Beijing | 4x60 metre relay - S6}}

{{MedalBronze| 2012 London | Men's 50 m Butterfly - S6}}

{{MedalCompetition | IPC World Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2013 Montreal | 400 m freestyle – S6 }}

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Kyosuke Oyama (小山 恭輔, Oyama Kyosuke, born 26 December 1987) is a Paralympic swimmer from Japan competing mainly in category S6 events.

Oyama grew up in Higashikurume in the western part of the Tokyo metropolits. As a junior high school student, he was paralyzed in half of his body.{{Cite web |date=September 2016 |title=平成28年9月 小山選手の表敬訪問 |url=https://www.city.higashikurume.lg.jp/mayor/column/1008239.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130080335/https://www.city.higashikurume.lg.jp/mayor/column/1008239.html |archive-date=30 November 2021 |access-date=9 July 2022 |website=Higashikurume City}}

He competed in the 50m, 100m and 400m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Paralympics but it was in the 50m butterfly that he won his only medal, a silver behind Xu Qing of China who broke the world record in winning the race.{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/kyosuke-oyama |title=Kyosuke Oyama |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date= }}

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