Sata Isobe

{{Short description|Japanese volleyball player (1944–2016)}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

|name=

|image=Sata Isobe 1964 (cropped).jpg

|caption=Isobe at the 1964 Olympics

|birth_date={{birth date|df=y|1944|12|19}}

|birth_place=Chiba, Japan

|death_date={{death date and age|2016|12|18|1944|12|19|df=y}}

|death_place=Osaka, Japan

| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|sport=Volleyball

|club= Nichibo Kaizuka

|alma_mater=

| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1964 Tokyo |Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1962 Soviet Union |Team}}

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{{Nihongo|Sata Isobe|磯辺 サタ|Isobe Sata|extra=19 December 1944 – 18 December 2016}} was a Japanese volleyball player. She was a member of the Japanese winning teams, {{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 1962 World Championships and 1964 Summer Olympics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417211513/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/is/sata-isobe-1.html Sata Isobe]. sports-reference.comhttp://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/volleyball-mourns-passing-away-of-tokyo-1964?id=65814

She died in 2016 at the age of 72. 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.[http://vbm.link/12688/ Sata Maruyama (née Isobe) passed away at 72. / Volleyball Magazine] {{in lang|ja}}"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 lang|ja}}