| Birth date | 19 December 1944 |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Chiba, Japan |
| Death date | 18 December 2016 (aged 71) |
| Death place | Osaka, Japan |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) |
| Sport | Volleyball |
| Club | Nichibo Kaizuka |
| Show-medals | yes |
Sata Isobe (磯辺 サタ, Isobe Sata) was a Japanese volleyball player. She was a member of the Japanese winning teams, Oriental Witches,[1] at the 1962 World Championships and 1964 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
She died in 2016 at the age of 72. 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]
References
- ^ Klein, Jeff Z. (23 May 2008). "Remembering Volleyball's 'Oriental Witches'". Rings Blog
- ^ Sata Isobe. sports-reference.com
- ^ "News - Volleyball mourns passing away of Tokyo 1964 gold medallist Sata Isobe". Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ "東洋の魔女 最年少レギュラー丸山サタさん（72）死去". バレーボールマガジン
- ^ "Sata Maruyama who suddenly died could not go cheer on her son, Japanese national team swimmer." THE SANKEI NEWS 2016.12.20 11:54 (in Japanese)
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 Archived 8 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine