Saori Sakoda

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Saori Sakoda
portrait
Date of birth 18th December 1987
place of birth Kagoshima, Japan
size 1.75 m
position Acceptance / outside
societies
since 2006 Toray Arrows
National team
since 2010 A national team
successes
2008
2008
2009
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012 		Japanese cup winner
Japanese champion
Japanese champion
Japanese champion
World Cup third
Japanese runner-up
Asian runner-up
Japanese cup winner
Japanese master
Olympic bronze

As of August 22, 2012

Saori Sakoda ( Japanese 迫 田 さ お り , Sakoda Saori ; born December 18, 1987 in Kagoshima ) is a Japanese volleyball player . She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics.

Career

Sakoda began her career at Kagoshima-nishi High School. She joined Toray Arrows in 2006 . Two years later she won the cup and championship double with the club. Two more championship titles followed in 2009 and 2010. In 2010, the outside attacker made her debut in the Japanese national team , with whom she finished third at the World Cup . With her club Sakoda was runner-up in 2011. At the Asian Cup she came in second with Japan. In 2012 she achieved the double again with Toray Arrows. Then Sakoda took part in the Olympic Games in London and won the bronze medal.

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personal data
SURNAME Sakoda, Saori
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 迫 田 さ お り (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH 18th December 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Kagoshima