Kinuko Tanida

Kinuko Tanida (谷田 絹子, Tanida Kinuko, 18 September 1939 – 4 December 2020) was a Japanese volleyball player. She was a member of the Japanese winning team, Oriental Witches.[1] Tanida won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2]

Tanida died on 4 December 2020 in Tokyo from a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 81.[3]

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)
  3. "Kinuko Idogawa, One of "Oriental Witches" in 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Dies". Archived from the original on 2020-12-06. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
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