Masafumi Ōura (大浦正文, Ōura Masafumi, September 28, 1969 – December 20, 2013) was a Japanese volleyball player and coach.
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| Nickname | Taison | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 28, 1969 Kamiagatagun (present-day Tsushima), Nagasaki Prefecture | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | December 20, 2013 (aged 44) Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 342 cm (135 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 (national team) | |||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Personal life and death
editBorn in Kamiagatagun (present-day Tsushima), Nagasaki Prefecture, he graduated from Nagasaki Prefectural Shimabara Commercial High School, where he became a coach after his retirement from active play.
He died on December 20, 2013, in Tokyo from stomach cancer.[1]
Player
edit- Suntory Sunbirds（1988-1997）
- Summer Olympics - 1992
- World Cup - 1989, 1991, 1995
- World Championship - 1990, 1994
Awards
edit- 1989 - Best Hitter
- 1990 - Best 6
- 1991 - Best 6
- 1992 - Best 6
- 1993 - Best Hitter and Best 6
References
edit- ^ バルセロナ五輪バレー代表の大浦さん死去 (in Japanese). Nikkansports. Archived from the original on December 21, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
