Kinuko Tanida
{{Short description|Japanese volleyball player (1939–2020)}}
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{{MedalSport|Women's volleyball}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1964 Tokyo |Team}}
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{{Nihongo|Kinuko Tanida|谷田 絹子|Tanida Kinuko|extra= 18 September 1939 – 4 December 2020}} was a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion.
She was a member of the Japanese winning team, {{Interlanguage link|Oriental Witches|2=ja|3=東洋の魔女|preserve=1}},[https://beijing2008.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/23/remembering-volleyballs-oriental-witches/ Remembering Volleyball's 'Oriental Witches' – The New York Times] at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=16&sp=VOL "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Volleyball"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920112808/http://databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=16&sp=VOL |date=2010-09-20 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 7, 2008)
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External links
- [https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/video/detail/tokyo-1964-women-s-volleyball-the-oriental-witches/ Video of the moments of victory and of awarding gold medal in 1964 Tokyo Olympics]
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{{Japan squad 1960 FIVB Women's World Championship}}
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Category:Japanese women's volleyball players
Category:Olympic volleyball players for Japan
Category:Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Japan
Category:Olympic medalists in volleyball
Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:20th-century Japanese sportswomen
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