Tadayoshi Yokota
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Born | Mitoyo, Kagawa, Japan[1] | 26 September 1947|||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 May 2023 | (aged 75)|||||||||||||||||
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Tadayoshi Yokota (横田 忠義 Yokota Tadayoshi, 26 September 1947 – 9 May 2023) was a Japanese volleyball player, who was a member of the Japan Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2]
Yokota died on 9 May 2023, at the age of 75.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "五輪男子バレー金の横田さん インターハイ53年ぶり出場 母校多度津高を激励". BUSINESS LIVE 四国新聞社 (in Japanese). 18 March 2023.
- ^ Olympic results
- ^ "ミュンヘン五輪で初の「金」、横田忠義さん死去…男子バレーのエース「全日本のビッグスリー」". Yomiuri. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
National team[edit]
- 1968: 2nd place in the Olympic Games of Mexico City
- 1970: 3rd place in the World Championship
- 1972: 1st place in the Olympic Games of Munich
- 1974: 3rd place in the World Championship
- 1976: 4th place in the Olympic Games of Montreal
Categories:
- 1947 births
- 2023 deaths
- Japanese men's volleyball players
- Japanese volleyball coaches
- Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players for Japan
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Sportspeople from Kagawa Prefecture
- Asian Games medalists in volleyball
- Volleyball players at the 1966 Asian Games
- Volleyball players at the 1970 Asian Games
- Volleyball players at the 1974 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- People from Mitoyo, Kagawa
- Japanese volleyball biography stubs