Juri Yokoyama (横山樹理 ''Yokoyama Juri'', born March 9, 1955, in

Kitakyushu is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fuku ...

) is a former

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 from

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

National team

*1974: 1st 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, ...

*1976: 1st place in the Olympic Games of Montreal *1978: 2nd place in the

*1982: 4th place in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yokoyama, Juri 1955 births Living people Japanese women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Japan Olympic gold medalists for Japan Sportspeople from Kitakyushu Olympic medalists in volleyball Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan