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.jpg) Isobe at the 1964 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 December 1944 Chiba, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 December 2016 (aged 71) Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Volleyball | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nichibo Kaizuka | |||||||||||||||||
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Sata Isobe (磯辺 サタ, Isobe Sata, 19 December 1944 – 18 December 2016) was a Japanese volleyball player. She was a member of the Japanese winning teams, Oriental Witches,[1] at the 1962 World Championships and 1964 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
She died at 72 in 2016. It is reported by THE SANKEI NEWS that she lost her parents because of World War II but never lost her patience, warm personality and strength.[4][5]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sata Isobe.
- ^ Remembering Volleyball's 'Oriental Witches' - The New York Times
- ^ Sata Isobe. sports-reference.com
- ^ http://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/volleyball-mourns-passing-away-of-tokyo-1964?id=65814
- ^ Sata Maruyama (née Isobe) passed away at 72. / Volleyball Magazine (in Japanese)
- ^ "Sata Maruyama who suddenly died could not go cheer on her son, Japanese national team swimmer." THE SANKEI NEWS 2016.12.20 11:54 (in Japanese)
External links
[edit]- Video of 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball（the person who appears as the 1st Japanese server and 2nd Japanese spiker in this video）
- Sata Maruyama (née Isobe) passed away at 72. (The second player from the right in the photograph) / THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS Archived 8 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- Sata Isobe at Olympics.com
- Sata Isobe at Olympedia
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