Takako Shirai (volleyball)
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| Born | 18 July 1952 Okayama, Okayama, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 (1972) 5 (1976) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Takako Shirai (白井貴子 Shirai Takako, Korean: 윤정순, Hanja: 尹貞順, born 18 July 1952, in Okayama City) is a former volleyball player from Japan who was a member of the Japanese women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]
In 2000, Shirai became an inductee of the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts.[1]
National team[edit]
- 1972: 2nd place in the Olympic Games of Munich
- 1974: 1st place in the World Championship
- 1976: 1st place in the Olympic Games of Montreal
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Takako Shirai". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
External links[edit]
- Takako Shirai at Olympedia
- International Volleyball Hall of Fame Profile
- Volleybox.net Profile
- Sports-reference.com Profile (archived)
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Categories:
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Japanese women's volleyball players
- Japanese people of Korean descent
- Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players for Japan
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Naturalized citizens of Japan
- Sportspeople from Okayama
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Asian Games medalists in volleyball
- Volleyball players at the 1970 Asian Games
- Volleyball players at the 1974 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics