![]() Miyamoto at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan[1] | May 10, 1937||||||||||||||||||||
Died | December 7, 2023 Takahagi, Japan | (aged 86)||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Volleyball | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Nichibo Kaizuka | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Emiko Miyamoto (宮本 恵美子, Miyamoto Emiko, May 10, 1937 – December 7, 2023) was a Japanese volleyball player.[2] She was a member of the Japanese winning teams, Oriental Witches ,[3] at the 1962 World Championships and 1964 Summer Olympics.[2]Miyamoto died from sepsis in Takahagi, on December 7, 2023, at the age of 86.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "「東洋の魔女」バレーボール女子 寺山恵美子さん死去 86歳". NHK NEWS WEB (in Japanese). December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
- ^ a b "Emiko Miyamoto". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ Remembering Volleyball's 'Oriental Witches' - The New York Times
External links
[edit]- Video of 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball(the person who appears as Japanese left-handed server and spiker in this video)
- Emiko Miyamoto at Olympedia