Tomoko Yoshihara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Uryū District, Hokkaido, Japan | 4 February 1970|||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 305 cm (120 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 295 cm (116 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Middle blocker | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 10 (1992) 5 (1996) 1 (2004) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tomoko Yoshihara (吉原知子 Yoshihara Tomoko, born 4 February 1970) is a former volleyball player from Japan who competed at the 1992, 1996, and 2004 Summer Olympics. Yoshihara captained the 2004 Olympic squad.[1] She was named Best Server at the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Brazil, where she finished in seventh place.[2] She won a bronze medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg.[3] Yoshihara played as a middle blocker.[2]