Takako Shirai (volleyball)

Takako Shirai
Personal information
Born18 July 1952
Okayama, Okayama, Japan
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Number8 (1972)
5 (1976)
National team
1970-1977 Japan
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich Team
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1974 Mexico Team
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1977 Japan Team

Takako Shirai (白井貴子 Shirai Takako, Korean: 윤정순, Hanja: 尹貞順, born 18 July 1952, in Okayama City) is a former volleyball player from Japan who was a member of the Japanese women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]

In 2000, Shirai became an inductee of the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts.[1]

National team

References

  1. ^ a b "Takako Shirai". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

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