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It is the first Olympics' volleyball medal for the Japanese since the 1984 Summer Olympics. [9] On August 13, 2012, Japan Women's Team was ranked 3rd in the world behind United States women's national volleyball team and Brazil women's national volleyball team.
Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2008 club 1: Megumi Kurihara: 31 July 1984: 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 305 cm (120 in) 285 cm (112 in)
The women's tournament in volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium from 9 to 23 August 2008. [1] The twelve competing teams were split equally into two pools of six teams. Each team played all other teams in their pool with the winning team gaining 2 points and the ...
Volleyball competitions (beach and indoor) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from 9 to 24 August 2008. Indoor volleyball events were held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium. Beach volleyball competitions were held from 9 to 22 August 2008 at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park. [1]
She served as the head coach of Japanese volleyball team Victorina Himeji. [2] and now serves as Executive Adviser. [3] Takeshita played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and was a participant at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Olympics. At the 2012 Olympics, she was part of the Japanese team that won the bronze ...
She played as a libero for the Women's National Team at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. There the team ended up in third place, and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics . Afterwards Sano was named Best Digger and Best Receiver at the event.
Erika Araki (荒木 絵里香, Araki Erika, born 3 August 1984) is a retired Japanese volleyball player. She served as captain for the national team from 2009 to 2012. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics winning a bronze medal, [1] and 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's volleyball which she was the captain.
In the same year, she was chosen to join Japan's national youth squad to participate in the Under-17 Asian Youth Championship. In 2006, she was again chosen as a member of the national team to participate in the Under-18 Asian Junior Volleyball Championship. She also played in the FIVB Women's Junior World Championship in the following year.