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Born | Fukushima, Japan | May 10, 1937||||||||||||||||||||
Died | December 7, 2023 86) Takahagi, Japan | (aged||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Volleyball | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Nichibo Kaizuka | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Emiko Miyamoto (宮本 恵美子, Miyamoto Emiko, May 10, 1937 – December 7, 2023) 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] Miyamoto died from sepsis in Takahagi, on December 7, 2023, at the age of 86.[3]
References
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- ↑ Remembering Volleyball's 'Oriental Witches' - The New York Times
- ↑ Emiko Miyamoto. sports-reference.com
- ↑ "「東洋の魔女」バレーボール女子 寺山恵美子さん死去 86歳". NHK NEWS WEB (in Japanese). Retrieved December 10, 2023.
External links
- Video of 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball(the person who appears as Japanese left-handed server and spiker in this video)
- Emiko Miyamoto at Olympedia
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