Katsumi Matsumura

Katsumi Matsumura (松村 勝美, Matsumura Katsumi, born 8 March 1944) is a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion.

Katsumi Matsumura
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Women's volleyball
Olympic Games
1964 TokyoTeam
1972 MunichTeam
World Championship
1962 Soviet UnionTeam
1967 JapanTeam
1970 BulgariaTeam

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

  1. "1964 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan Volleyball" Archived 2010-09-20 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 7, 2008)
  2. 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.


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