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Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tokyo, Japan | February 14, 1954||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yuko Arakida (荒木田 裕子, Arakida Yūko) (born 14 February 1954) is a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion. She is now Chairwoman of Athlete's Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
Yuko was a member of the Japanese winning team at the 1976 Olympic games.[1]
In February 2012, Yuko was appointed sports director of Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
References
- ↑ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Volleyball" Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 6, 2008)
- ↑ Tokyo 2020 Appoints Gold Medalist As Sports Director Archived February 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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