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1981 FIVB Women's World Cup
The 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 6 to 16 November 1981 in Osaka, Japan. Teams Results Final standing Awards * Most Valuable Player : Sun Jinfang * Best Attacker : Flo Hyman * Best Blocker : Yelena Akhaminova * Best Setter : Sun Jinfang * Best Server : Rieko Mizuhara * Best Defender : Miyoko Hirose * Best Coach : Yuan Weimin Yuan Weimin (; born July 8, 1939 in Suzhou, Jiangsu) is a Chinese sports administrator and civil servant. He was the Executive President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Player career Yuan was selected to repr ... * Spirit of Fight : Mercedez Pérez External links Results {{DEFAULTSORT:1981 Fivb Women's World Cup 1981 Women Women's World Cup 2 2 November 1981 sports events in Asia Sports competitions in Osaka Women's volleyball in Japan 20th century in Osaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Jinfang (Volleyball Player)
Sun Jinfang (, born 6 April 1955 in Suzhou) is a Chinese former volleyball player who played the setter position. She captained China to the gold medal at both the 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup and the 1982 FIVB Women's World Championship. She also won a silver medal at the 1978 Asian Games and a gold medal at the 1982 Asian Games. She became the director of China's tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... program in 2003. Individual accolades *MVP, 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup *Best setter, 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup Popular culture Volleyball player Chen Zhan played Sun Jinfang in the 2020 film '' Leap''. References 1955 births Volleyball players from Jiangsu category:Sportspeople from Suzhou Living people Chinese women's volleyball players Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Rongfang
Zhang Rongfang (; born April 15, 1957) is a Chinese retired volleyball player and coach who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Chinese volleyball team which won the gold medal, having played in all five matches. Career Lang was a member of the Chinese national team that won gold over the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was also a member of the team that won World Championship crown in 1982 in Lima and World Cup title in 1981 in Osaka. As a volleyball coach, Zhang led the women's Chinese national team to gold at the 1986 World Championship in Prague. Personal life Zhang is married to former volleyball player and coach Hu Jin HU or Hu may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Hu Sanniang, a fictional character in the ''Water Margin'', one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature * Tian Hu, one of the antagonists in the ''Water Margin'' * Hollywood Unde ..., who also coached the women's nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Competitions In Osaka
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November 1981 Sports Events In Asia
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International Volleyball Competitions Hosted By Japan
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1981 In Japanese Women's Sport
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An earthquake of magnitude in Sichuan, China, kills 150 people. Japan suffers a less serious earthquake on the same day. * January 25 – In South Africa the largest part of the town Laingsburg is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 In Women's Volleyball
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An earthquake of magnitude in Sichuan, China, kills 150 people. Japan suffers a less serious earthquake on the same day. * January 25 – In South Africa the largest part of the town Laingsburg is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Pérez (volleyball)
Mercedes Pérez (born 4 June 1950) is a Cuban volleyball player. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo .... References 1950 births Living people Cuban women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Cuba Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Cuba-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyoko Hirose
Miyoko Hirose (広瀬 美代子 ''Hirose Miyoko'', born March 5, 1959) is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. National team * 1982: 4th place in the World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ... * 1984: 3rd place in the Olympic Games of Los Angeles References Profile(Dead Link) 1959 births Living people Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Japanese women's volleyball players Olympic medalists in volleyball Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1982 Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rieko Mizuhara
is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Rieko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *理恵子, "logic, blessing, child" *梨枝子, "pear, branch, child" *利恵子, "profit, blessing, child" *里江子, "hometown, creek, child" *理絵子, "logic, picture, child" *理枝子, "logic, branch, child" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People * Rieko Ito (利恵子), a member of the J-pop band ''Round Table'' * Rieko Kodama (理恵子), a Japanese video game designer * Rieko Miura (理恵子), a J-pop singer and actress * Rieko Miyoshi (里絵子), a Japanese singer/songwriter and pianist under the stage name ''Kotringo'' * Rieko Nakagawa (中川李枝子), a Japanese children's book writer and lyricist * Rieko Yoshihara (理恵子), a Japanese author * Rieko Ioane, a New Zealand rugby union player Fictional characters * Rieko, an android in the manga, tokusatsu, and anime series ''Kikaider is a manga series writte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelena Akhaminova
Yelena Rabigovna Sokolovskaya (née Akhaminova) ('' rus, Еле́на Раби́говна Соколо́вская (Ахами́нова)'') (born 5 October 1961 in Sverdlovsk) is a former volleyball female player and coach. As a player for the Soviet Union she is an Olympic gold medallist (in 1980) and European champion (in 1979). Player career Sokolovskaya played from 1977 until 2002 for clubs in the Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Finland, Ukraine, Poland and Europe. She won many titles including the CEV Women's Champions League, Cup Winners Cup, USSR Championship, USSR Cup, Polish Championship and Polish Cup. She played for the Soviet Union national team at junior and senior level from 1979 to 1983, taking part of the World Championship ( in 1982) and becoming Olympic champion ( in 1980), World Cup bronze medallist ( in 1981), European champion ( in 1979) and European silver medallist ( in 1981 and in 1983). Clubs * Uralochka Sverdlovsk (1977–1982) * Medin Odessa (1982 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flo Hyman
Flora Jean "Flo" Hyman (July 31, 1954 – January 24, 1986) was an American athlete who played volleyball. She was an Olympic silver medalist and played professional volleyball in Japan. Early life and education Hyman was the second of eight children born to George W Hyman (5 July 1907- 13 July 1987) and Warrene Hyman (née Farrington, 4 February 1927-December 1976). As a child, Hyman was self-conscious about her rapid growth and the fact that she towered over her peers. In 1983 she recalled "When they were three foot tall, I was four foot tall. When they were four foot tall, I was five". Her nickname at school was "Jolly green giant", but her family and friends persuaded her to be proud of her height and to use it to her advantage. Flo's final adult height was just over 6 ft 5in (1.96 m). In January 1979, in an interview, Hyman said that she found the stares and questions about her height that she got from strangers irritating but she had learned to live with it. When she w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
