Yuriko Handa
Japanese volleyball player (born 1940)
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Born | (1940-03-31) March 31, 1940 (age 84) Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Volleyball | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Nichibo Kaizuka | |||||||||||||||||
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Yuriko Handa (半田 百合子, Handa Yuriko, born 31 March 1940) is a retired Japanese volleyball player. She was a member of the Japanese winning teams, Oriental Witches [ja],[2] at the 1962 World Championships and 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
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- ^ a b Yuriko Handa sports-reference.com
- ^ Remembering Volleyball's 'Oriental Witches' - The New York Times
External links
- Video of the moments of victory and of awarding gold medal in 1964 Tokyo Olympics
- Yuriko Handa at Olympedia
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Japan squad – 1962 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Gold medal
- Aoki
- Handa
- Honda
- Isobe
- Kasai
- Masuo
- K. Matsumura
- Y. Matsumura
- Miyamoto
- Shinozaki
- Tanida
- Yamada
- Coach: Daimatsu
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