Katsutoshi Nekoda (猫田 勝敏, Nekoda Katsutoshi, born 1 February 1944, in Hiroshima – died 4 September 1983) was a Japanese volleyball player and four-time Olympian.[1] Nekoda was a member of the Japanese men's national volleyball team as a setter.[1]
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Born | 1 February 1944 Hiroshima, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 September 1983 | (aged 39)||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Setter | ||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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Nekoda led the Japan national volleyball team to a bronze medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and a gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics.[2] He was the flagbearer of Japan at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[2]
Nekoda invented the ceiling serve, a serve where the ball is hit up towards the ceiling with all the lights to make it difficult to judge the landing.[3] He retired in 1980, and died of stomach cancer in 1983.[1]
In 2023, Nekoda was posthumously inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.[1]
See also edit
- JT Thunders
- Nekoda Memorial (Japan high school volleyball tournament in Chūgoku region among the 1st year students)
- Nekoda Memorial Gymnasium
References edit
- ^ a b c d Feuer, Tom (22 May 2023). "2023 Volleyball Hall class includes Phil Dalhausser, Larissa, Katsutoshi Nekoda, Yumilka Ruiz". Volleyball Magazine. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Katsutoshi Nekoda". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Induction Class of 2023 and Award Winners Announced". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. 22 May 2023. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
External links edit
- Katsutoshi Nekoda at Olympedia
- Katsutoshi Nekoda Profile at JTI.co.jp (in Japanese) (archived)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katsutoshi Nekoda". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.