Mai Yamaguchi Explained

Mai Yamaguchi
Fullname:Mai Yamaguchi
Nickname:Yume, Pearl
Birth Date:July 3, 1983
Birth Place:Shima, Mie, Japan
Height:176 cm[1]
Weight:62 kg
Spike:308 cm
Block:300 cm
Position:Wing Spiker/Middle Blocker
Currentclub:Retired
Medaltemplates-Expand:yes
Medaltemplates-Title:Medal record

Mai Yamaguchi (山口 舞 Yamaguchi Mai, born July 3, 1983) is a former Japanese volleyball player who played for Okayama Seagulls. She was part of Japan's 2012 bronze medal-winning team.[2]

Mai participated in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, which was her last international tournament with the national team. She announced retiredment from volleyball player in 2019.[3] [4]

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Her nickname is "Yume", which means "dream" in Japanese. Another nickname is Pearl, which is locally farmed specialty of her hometown of Shima, in Mie prefecture. She liked knitting and cooking at the time of her bronze medal and she also enjoyed figure skating.[5]

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Individual

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National team

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics. joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. 17 January 2014.
  2. Web site: Mai Yamaguchi Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417213045/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ya/mai-yamaguchi-1.html. dead. 2020-04-17. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 2015-06-16.
  3. News: 2019-04-25 . バレーボール引退の山口舞が会見 . ja . Reuters . 2022-10-19.
  4. Web site: 志摩出身女子バレーメダリスト山口舞選手が引退報告 真珠いかだで遊んだ経験生かされた . 2022-10-19 . 伊勢志摩経済新聞.
  5. Web site: FIVB. www.fivb.org. 2020-03-10.