Yuko Mitsuya (三屋　裕子 ''Mitsuya Yūko'', born July 29, 1958) 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

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, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team that won the bronze medal at the

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National team

* 1982: 4th place in the

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* 1984: 3rd place in the Olympic Games of Los Angeles

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1958 births Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Living people 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 Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan {{Japan-volleyball-bio-stub