Katsumi Matsumura
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| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Japan  | ||
| Women's volleyball | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1964 Tokyo | Team |
 | 1972 Munich | Team |
| World Championship | ||
| 1962 Soviet Union | Team |
| 1967 Japan | Team |
| 1970 Bulgaria | Team |
Katsumi Matsumura (松村 勝美, Matsumura Katsumi, born 8 March 1944) is a Japanese former volleyball player and Olympic champion.
She was a major player to help Japanese women's national volleyball team to dominate the World in 1962-67 by winning 1962 FIVB Women's World Championship, 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and 1967 FIVB Women's World Championship in row.[1] She also competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Volleyball" Archived 2010-09-20 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 7, 2008)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katsumi Matsumura Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
External links[edit]
- Video of the moments of victory and of awarding gold medal in 1964 Tokyo Olympics
- Katsumi Matsumura at Olympics.com
- Katsumi Matsumura at Olympedia
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