Yuko Mitsuya
{{Short description|Japanese volleyball player (born 1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|July 29, 1958}}
| birth_place = Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan
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| teamnumber = 3
| position = Middle blocker
| height = {{height|m=1.77}}
| nationalyears = 1981–1984
| nationalteam = {{vbw|JPN}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's volleyball }}
{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalBronze | 1984 Los Angeles | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Cup}}
{{MedalSilver|1981 Japan|}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1982 New Delhi |Team}}
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Yuko Mitsuya (三屋 裕子 Mitsuya Yūko, born July 29, 1958) is a Japanese former volleyball player who was a member of the Japanese women's national volleyball team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52495 |website=Olympedia |title=Yuko Mitsuya |access-date=26 September 2023 }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/04/sports/volleyball-us-women-beat-china-in-volleyball.html |page=14 |title=Volleyball; U.S. Women Beat China in Volleyball |date=4 August 1984 |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |access-date=10 September 2024 }} {{subscription required}}
Personal life
Mitsuya is the current president of the Japan Basketball Association{{cite web|last=Nagatsuka|first=Kaz|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/06/29/basketball/yuko-mitsuya-elected-third-term-japan-basketball-association-president/|title=Yuko Mitsuya elected to third term as Japan Basketball Association president|work=The Japan Times|date=29 June 2020|access-date=26 September 2023}} and a member of the FIBA Central Board, the highest executive body of FIBA.{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/first-fiba-central-board-meeting-for-new-term-convenes-in-manila-on-eve-of-world-cup-final|title=First FIBA Central Board meeting for new term convenes in Manila on eve of World Cup Final|website=FIBA|date=9 September 2023|access-date=26 September 2023}}
National team
- 1982: 4th place in the World Championship
- 1984: 3rd place in the Olympic Games of Los Angeles
External links
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- [https://women.volleybox.net/yuko-mitsuya-p26616 Volleybox.net profile]
References
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{{Japan squad 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup}}
{{Japan women volleyball team 1984 Olympics}}
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Category:Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic volleyball players for Japan
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
Category:Sportspeople from Fukui Prefecture
Category:Japanese women's volleyball players
Category:Olympic medalists in volleyball
Category:Asian Games medalists in volleyball
Category:Volleyball players at the 1982 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Japan