Kinuko Tanida

Japanese volleyball player (1939–2020)
Kinuko Tanida
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Women's volleyball
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Team

Kinuko Tanida (谷田 絹子, Tanida Kinuko; 18 September 1939 – 4 December 2020) was a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion.

She was a member of the Japanese winning team, Oriental Witches [ja],[1] at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2]

References

  1. ^ Remembering Volleyball's 'Oriental Witches' – The New York Times
  2. ^ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Volleyball" Archived 2010-09-20 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 7, 2008)
  • Video of the moments of victory and of awarding gold medal in 1964 Tokyo Olympics
  • Kinuko Tanida at Olympics.com
  • Kinuko Tanida at Olympedia


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