Yūko_Sano

Yūko Sano

Yūko Sano

Japanese volleyball player

Yuko Sano (佐野 優子, Sano Yuko, born July 26, 1979 in Takatsuki, Osaka) is a retired volleyball player from Japan. She was part of the Japanese team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]

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She played as a libero for the Women's National Team at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. There the team ended up in third place, and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Afterwards Sano was named Best Digger and Best Receiver at the event.

Career

Sano played at the 2013 Club World Championship with Voléro Zürich and she was selected Best Libero.[3] Her team lost the bronze medal to Guangdong Evergrande.[4]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Team

National team

Senior Team

References

  1. [1]
    "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. [2]
    "London 2012 - Women's Volleyball". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  4. [4]
    "Guangdong beat Zurich 3-1 to claim Women's Club World Champs bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  5. [5]
    FIVB. "Best Digger". Retrieved 2011-11-18.
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