Yuka Sakurai
{{short description|Japanese volleyball player}}
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| name = Yuka Sakurai
| fullname = Yuka Sakurai
| nickname = Ebi
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|09|02|mf=y}}
| birth_place = kaizu, Gifu, Japan
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| spike = 284cm
| block = 272cm
| height = {{height|m=1.67|precision=0}}
| weight = {{convert|62|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| position = Libero
| currentclub = Denso Airybees
| currentnumber= 9
| nationalteam = {{JPN}}
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Yuka Sakurai (櫻井由香 Sakurai Yuka, born September 2, 1974) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees.
Clubs
- Yorojoshi Shogyo High School → Denso Airybees (1993-)
National team
- {{JPN}} 1998-2002,2005,2007-
Awards
=Individual=
- 2005 11th V.League Best Libero award
=Team=
- 2008 2007-08 Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier - 16px Runner-up, with Denso.
- 2008 57th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship - 16px Champion, with Denso.
- 2010 Empress's Cup - 16px Champion, with Denso.
=National team=
- 2008: 5th place in the Olympic Games of Beijing
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldGrandPrix/2008/Teams/VB_PlayerDB.asp?No=114574 FIVB Biography]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110512052213/http://www.denso-airybees.jp/%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B-%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%83%95%E7%B4%B9%E4%BB%8B/%E6%AB%BB%E4%BA%95%E7%94%B1%E9%A6%99/ Denso Official Website Profile]
{{Japan women volleyball team 2008 Olympics}}
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Category:Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Japanese women's volleyball players