Kana Oyama
Kana Oyama | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Kana Oyama | ||
Nickname | Kana | ||
Born | Tokyo, Japan | June 19, 1984||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||
Spike | 313 cm (123 in) | ||
Block | 299 cm (118 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Outside hitter | ||
National team | |||
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Kana Oyama (大山 加奈 Ōyama Kana, born June 19, 1984) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toray Arrows. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece wearing the #13 jersey. There, she and the Japan women's national team took fifth place.[1] Oyama played as a wing-spiker. The Toray Arrows announced her retirement on 29 June 2010.Oyama Kana is now teaching young children how to play volleyball. [2]
Profiles
- While attending Shimokitazawa Seito Gakuen[disputed ] high school, the volleyball team won the high school national championship, with Erica Araki
- She was selected for the national team for the Olympic games in Beijing, but declined due to lumbago.
- Miki Oyama is her younger sister.
- She retired due to back pain on 29 June 2010.
Clubs
- Seitoku Gakuen High School[disputed ]
- Toray Arrows (2003–2010)
Awards
Individual
- 2003 - 10th V.League New Face award
Team
- 2004 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship - Champion, with Toray Arrows
- 2007 Domestic Sports Festival (Volleyball) - Champion, with Toray Arrows
- 2007-2008 Empress's Cup - Champion, with Toray Arrows
- 2007-2008 V.Premier League - Champion, with Toray Arrows
- 2008 Domestic Sports Festival - Runner-Up, with Toray Arrows
- 2008-2009 V.Premier League - Champion, with Toray Arrows
- 2009 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship - Champion, with Toray Arrows
- 2009-2010 V.Premier League - Champion, with Toray Arrows
National team
Senior team
- 2004 - Summer Olympic games in Athens, 5th place
References
- ^ "Kana Oyama".
- ^ "Toray website (ja)". Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
External links
- Kana Oyama at WorldofVolley
- Kana Oyama at Olympedia
- FIVB Biography
- Toray Arrows Women's Volleyball Team
Categories:
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Tokyo
- Japanese women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in volleyball
- Volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games