Yoshie Takeshita

Mai Yamaguchi
November 2007
portrait
Date of birth	March 18, 1978
place of birth	Kitakyushu, Japan
size	1.59 m
position	passing
societies
1996–2002 since 2002	NEC Red Rockets JT Marvelous
National team
since 1997	Junior national team A national team
successes
1995 1997 1997, 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012	Junior World Champion Japanese Champion Third Asian Championship Japanese Champion Japanese Vice Champion Vice Asian Champion Olympic Fifth Third Asian Championship Japanese Vice Champion Asian Champion Olympic Fifth Third Asian Championship Japanese Vice Champion World Cup third Japanese Champion Vice Asian Champion Olympic bronze
As of August 22, 2012

Yoshie Takeshita ( Japanese竹 下 佳 江, Takeshita Yoshie ; born March 18, 1978 in Kitakyūshū ) is a Japanese volleyball player . She took part in three Olympic Games and won the bronze medal in 2012.

Career

Takeshita started her career at Shiranuijoshi High School. In 1995 she won the Junior World Championship with the Japanese offspring. A year later she joined NEC Red Rockets . In 1997 she became Japanese champions with her club. The setter also made her debut in the Japanese national team , with whom she reached third place in the Asian Cup in 1997 and 1999 . In 2000 she won the national championship again. After the runner-up in 2002, Takeshita moved to her current club, JT Marvelous . The following year she was second in the Asian Cup with Japan. In 2004 she took part in the Olympic Games in Athens and reached fifth place with the quarter-finals. At the Asian Cup in 2005, Japan came third. The Japanese finished sixth at the 2006 World Cup in their own country. Takeshita received individual awards as the most valuable player (MVP) and best player of the tournament. In 2007 she won the Asian Cup after finishing second in the league with the national team. In 2008 she played in Beijing for the second time at the Olympic tournament and was again fifth. Japan came third at the 2009 Asian Cup and a year later at the 2010 Women's Volleyball World Cup . In 2011, Takeshita became Japanese champion again after finishing second the previous season with JT Marvelous. Japan was runner-up in Asia in the same year. In 2012, Takeshita took part in the Olympic Games in London for the third time and this time won the bronze medal.

Web links

Commons : Yoshie Takeshita  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Yoshie Takeshita in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile at JT Marvelous (Japanese)