Ai Otomo-Yamamoto
Ai Otomo-Yamamoto | |
Ai Otomo-Yamamoto 2012 | |
portrait | |
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Date of birth | March 24, 1982 |
place of birth | Sendai, Japan |
size | 1.84 m |
position | Middle block |
societies | |
2000–2006 2008–2009 2009–2013 |
NEC Red Rockets Hisamitsu Springs JT Marvelous |
National team | |
2001–2012 | A national team |
successes | |
1999 2002 2003 2004 2004 2005 2009 2010 2010 2011 2012 |
U18 world champion Japanese runners-up Japanese champions Japanese champions Olympic fifths Third Asian championships Japanese runners-up Japanese runners-up World Championships third Japanese champions Olympic bronze |
As of August 21, 2012 |
Ai Otomo-Yamamoto ( Japanese 大 友 (- 山 本) 愛 ; born March 24, 1982 in Sendai as Ai Otomo ) is a Japanese volleyball player . She took part in two Olympic Games and won the bronze medal in 2012.
Career
Otomo-Yamamoto began her career at Sendaiikuei High School. In 1999 she won the U-18 World Cup with the Japanese youth. In 2000 she joined NEC Red Rockets . The following year she made her debut at the tournament in Montreux in the Japanese national team . With the club she became Japanese runner-up in 2002. The middle blocker then took part in the World Cup in Germany . In 2003 and 2004 she won the title in the Japanese league with NEC Red Rockets. In Athens she reached the quarter-finals with the national team and thus placed fifth in the 2004 Olympic tournament . A year later, Japan finished third in the Asian Cup . After taking a break from 2006 to 2008, Otomo-Yamamoto played one season at Hisamitsu Springs and was runner-up in 2009. She achieved the same success in 2010 with her new club JT Marvelous . At the 2010 World Cup , she came third with Japan. In 2011 she won the championship again. Internationally she was second in the Asian Cup, but missed the World Cup due to a knee injury . In 2012 she took part in the Olympic Games in London and won the bronze medal.
Private
Otomo-Yamamoto married the beach volleyball player Tatsuo Yamamoto in 2006 . In the same year she interrupted her sports career because of a pregnancy.
Web links
- Ai Otomo-Yamamoto in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Profile at FIVB (English)
- Profile at JT Marvelous (Japanese)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Otomo-Yamamoto, Ai |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 大 友 - 山 本 愛 (Japanese); Otomo, Ai (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese volleyball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sendai , Japan |