Eric Anthony Sato (born May 5, 1966 in

Santa Monica, California Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...

) is a former American

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player, who was a member of the

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that won the gold medal at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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. He was serving (jump serve) and defensive specialist. After the Olympics he played pro beach volleyball. His sister Liane also played volleyball in both the 1988 and 1992 Olympic games, capturing a bronze medal in 1992. His niece Katie plays libero for Cal State Northridge.

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* * 1966 births Living people American men's volleyball players American men's beach volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in volleyball Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics American sportspeople of Japanese descent Sportspeople from Santa Monica, California Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{US-volleyball-bio-stub