Katsumi Matsumura

Katsumi Matsumura
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Women's volleyball
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1962 Soviet Union Team
Gold medal – first place 1967 Japan Team
Silver medal – second place 1970 Bulgaria Team

Katsumi Matsumura (松村 勝美, Matsumura Katsumi, born 8 March 1944) is a Japanese former volleyball player and Olympic champion.

She was a major player to help Japanese women's national volleyball team to dominate the World in 1962-67 by winning 1962 FIVB Women's World Championship, 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and 1967 FIVB Women's World Championship in row.[1] She also competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[2]

References

  1. ^ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Volleyball" Archived 2010-09-20 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 7, 2008)
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katsumi Matsumura Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2019.


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