Yuko Arakida | |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Birth Date: | 14 February 1954 |
Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
Height: | 1.73 m |
Teamnumber: | 7 |
Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Medaltemplates-Title: | Medal record |
(born 14 February 1954) is a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion. She is now Chairwoman of Athlete's Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
Yuko was a member of the Japanese winning team at the 1976 Olympic games.[1]
In February 2012, Yuko was appointed sports director of Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]