Takako Shirai

Takako Shirai
portrait
Date of birth	July 18, 1952
place of birth	Okayama , Japan
size	1.80 m
position	External attack / adoption
societies
1968–1972 1973–1978	Kurabo Kurashiki Hitachi Musashi
National team
1970-1977	A national team
successes
1970 1972 1974 1974 1976 1977 1973–1977	Winner Asian Games Olympic Silver Winner Asian Games World Champion Olympic Champion Winner World Cup Japanese Champion
As of May 25, 2020

Takako Shirai ( Japanese白井貴 子, Shirai Takako ; born July 18, 1952 in Okayama ) is a Japanese volleyball player .

Career

Shirai played as an outside attacker in the Japanese national team , with which she won the silver medal at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and the gold medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal . She also became world champion in 1974 and won the world cup in 1977 .

Shirai played for Kurabo Kurashiki from 1968 to 1972 and won the Asian Games with the team in 1970 . From 1973 to 1977 she won the Japanese championship five times in a row with Hitachi Musashi and won the 1974 Asian Games .

Shirai has received numerous individual awards at various national and international competitions (“Most Valuable Player” ( MVP ), “Best Attacker” etc.). In 2000 she was inducted into the " Volleyball Hall of Fame ".

Web links

• Takako Shirai in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Takako Shirai: The Japanese Legend (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hall of Fame