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Emiko Miyamoto

Miyamoto at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1937-05-10)May 10, 1937 Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan
Died	December 7, 2023(2023-12-07) (aged 86) Takahagi, Japan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Volleyball
Club	Nichibo Kaizuka
Medal record Representing  Japan Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Team World Championship 1960 Brazil Team 1962 Soviet Union Team

Emiko Miyamoto (宮本 恵美子, Miyamoto Emiko, May 10, 1937 – December 7, 2023) was a Japanese volleyball player. She was a member of the Japanese winning teams, Oriental Witches [ja], at the 1962 World Championships and 1964 Summer Olympics. Miyamoto died from sepsis in Takahagi, on December 7, 2023, at the age of 86.

References

1. ^ "「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.
2. ^ "Emiko Miyamoto". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
3. Remembering Volleyball's 'Oriental Witches' - The New York Times

External links

• 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

v t e Japan squad – 1960 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Silver medal
Fujimori Himeda Horie Kasai Masuo Miyamoto Nakajima Nakano Seno Takada Tanida Yasuda Coach: Daimatsu

v t e Japan squad – 1962 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Gold medal
Aoki Handa Honda Isobe Kasai Masuo K. Matsumura Y. Matsumura Miyamoto Shinozaki Tanida Yamada Coach: Daimatsu

v t e Japan women's volleyball squad – 1964 Summer Olympics – Gold medal
1 Kasai (c) 2 Miyamoto 3 Tanida 4 Handa 5 Y. Matsumura 6 Isobe 7 K. Matsumura 8 Shinozaki 9 Sasaki 10 Fujimoto 11 Kondo 12 Shibuki Coach: Daimatsu

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