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| DATE OF BIRTH = March 24, 1982 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Sendai]], [[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]], [[Japan]] |
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ai Ōtomo | ||
| Nickname | You | ||
| Born | March 24, 1982 Sendai, Miyagi, Japan | ||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb)[1] | ||
| Spike | 310 cm (122 in) | ||
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| Position | Middle Blocker | ||
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2012 London | Team |
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Ai Ōtomo (大友 愛, Ōtomo Ai , born March 24, 1982) is a Japanese volleyball player. Her name before her divorce was Ai Yamamoto (山本 愛).
Career
She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #13 jersey. She took fifth place with the Japan women's national team. She played as a middle-blocker.
In 2006, she was two months pregnant when she married Tatsuo Yamamoto, a professional beach volleyball player.
In 2008, Hisamitsu Springs announced that she would return to active duty.
In 2009, she moved to JT Marvelous.
In September 2011, due to a right knee injury, Japan Volleyball Association announced that she would not play in the World Cup.[2]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was part of the Japanese team that won the bronze medal in indoor women's volleyball.
In April 2013 JT Marvelous announced her retirement.[3]
On 8 August 2013, Ai married Hiroyuki Akimoto who is a Judoka.[4]
Clubs
- SendaiIkuei High School
- NEC Red Rockets(2000–2006)
- Hisamitsu Springs (2008–2009)
- JT Marvelous (2009–2013)
Awards
Individual
- 1999 Asian Youth Championship – Best server award
- 2000 Asian Junior Championship – Server award
- 2001 2000–01 V.Premier League – New face award
- 2002 51st Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship – Best6
- 2005 54th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship – Best6
- 2009 58th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament – Best6
- 2010 2009–10 V.Premier League – Best 6
- 2010 59th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament – Best6
- 2011 2010–11 V.Premier League – Best 6
- 2011 60th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament – MVP, Best6
- 2013 62nd Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament – Best 6
Team
- 2001 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship –
Champion, with NEC Red Rockets - 2002 8th V.League –
Runner-Up, with NEC Red Rockets - 2003 9th V.League – Champion, with NEC Red Rockets
- 2004 10th V.League – Champion, with NEC Red Rockets
- 2008–09 V.Premier League – Runner-Up, with Hisamitsu Springs
- 2009 58th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament – Runner-Up, with Hisamistu Springa
- 2009–10 V.Premier League – Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous
- 2010 59th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament – Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous
- 2010–11 V.Premier League – Champion, with JT Marvelous
- 2011 60th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament – Champion, with JT Marvelous
National team
Senior team
- 2002 World Championship – 13th place
- 2004 Summer Olympics – 5th place
- 2010 World Championship – Bronze medal
- 2011 Montreux Volley Masters – Champion
- 2012:
Bronze Medal in the Olympic Games of London
Junior team
- 2000 World Youth Championship – Champion
References
- ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ Japan Volleyball Assosiation. 山本愛選手の怪我による全日本女子離脱について (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-09-21.
- ^ JT Marvelous. "谷口雅美選手、大友愛選手、吉澤智恵選手、西山慶樹選手退部のお知らせ". Retrieved 2013-06-27.
- ^ msn sankei news. "バレー大友愛さんと柔道の秋本啓之が結婚". Retrieved 2013-08-30.
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Japanese volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players of Japan
- People from Sendai
- NEC Red Rockets players
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Women's volleyball players
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in volleyball
- Volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games