Maiko Kano

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Maiko Kano
portrait
Date of birth July 15, 1988
place of birth Mitaka, Japan
size 1.85 m
position Acceptance / outside
societies
2007–2010
2010–2011
since 2011 		Hisamitsu Springs
Minerva Volley Pavia
Beşiktaş Istanbul
National team
since 2009 A national team
successes
2007
2009
2010
2011
2012 		Japanese Cup finalist
Third Asian Championship
World Cup third
Vice Asian Champion
Olympic bronze

As of August 22, 2012

Maiko Kano ( Japanese 狩 野 舞 子 , Kano Maiko ; born July 15, 1988 in Mitaka ) is a Japanese volleyball player . She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics.

Career

Kano began her career at the "Practical High School Hachiōji " ( Hachiōji jissen kōtō-gakkō ). Her older sister Miyuki played for Japan at the 2008 Olympic tournament . She came to Hisamitsu Springs herself in 2007 and reached the Japanese Cup final in the same year. In 2009 she made her debut in the Japanese national team , with whom she finished third at the Asian Cup . In 2010 there was the same result at the World Cup . She then went to Minerva Volley Pavia in the Italian league for one season . The 2011 Asian Cup ended Kano with Japan in second place. In the same year she moved to the Turkish first division side Beşiktaş Istanbul . In 2012 she took part in the Olympic Games in London and won the bronze medal.

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personal data
SURNAME Kano, Maiko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 狩 野 舞 子 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Mitaka , Tokyo Prefecture