Sata Isobe Explained

Birth Date:	1944 12, df=y
Birth Place:	Chiba, Japan
Death Place:	Osaka, Japan
Height:	1.73m (05.68feet)
Weight:	60kg (130lb)
Sport:	Volleyball
Club:	Nichibo Kaizuka
Show-Medals:	yes

was a Japanese volleyball player. She was a member of the Japanese winning teams,,^[1] at the 1962 World Championships and 1964 Summer Olympics.^{[2] [3]}

She died at 72 in 2016. It is reported by THE SANKEI NEWS that she lost her parents because of World War II but never lost her patience, warm personality and strength.^{[4] [5]}

External links

• Video of 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball（the person who appears as the 1st Japanese server and 2nd Japanese spiker in this video）
• Sata Maruyama (née Isobe) passed away at 72. (The second player from the right in the photograph) / THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS

Notes and References

1. https://beijing2008.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/23/remembering-volleyballs-oriental-witches/ Remembering Volleyball's 'Oriental Witches' - The New York Times
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417211513/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/is/sata-isobe-1.html Sata Isobe
3. http://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/volleyball-mourns-passing-away-of-tokyo-1964?id=65814
4. http://vbm.link/12688/ Sata Maruyama (née Isobe) passed away at 72. / Volleyball Magazine
5. "Sata Maruyama who suddenly died could not go cheer on her son, Japanese national team swimmer." THE SANKEI NEWS 2016.12.20 11:54