Asako Tajimi

Asako Tajimi
Personal information
Full name	Asako Tajimi
Nickname	Asako
Born	(1972-06-26) 26 June 1972 (age 51) Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Spike	308 cm (121 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Number	9 (1992) 12 (1996) 2 (2008)
National team
1991–2008  Japan
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Japan Goodwill Games 1994 Saint Petersburg Team Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima Team 1998 Bangkok Team

Asako Tajimi (多治見麻子 Tajimi Asako, born 26 June 1972) is a Japanese former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. She competed with the Japanese women's national volleyball team at the 1992, 1996, and 2008 Olympics.^[1]

Tajimi helped Japan win the bronze medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[2]

Clubs

• HachioujiJissen High School → Hitachi (1999–2001) → Pioneer Red Wings(2001–2011) → Hitachi Rivale (2011–2012)

Honours

• 1991: 25th Japan Volleyball League New Face award
• 1992: 26th Japan Volleyball League Block award, Best 6
• 1993: 27th Japan Volleyball League Block award, Best 6
• 2008: 5th place in the Olympic Games of Beijing

References

External links

• Asako Tajimi at WorldofVolley
• Asako Tajimi at Olympedia
• Volleybox.net Profile
• Sports-reference.com Profile (archived)

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Japan women's volleyball squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – 5th place

• 1 Sato (c)
• 2 Nakada
• 3 Ishikake
• 4 Nakanishi
• 5 Obayashi
• 6 Takahashi
• 7 Namura
• 8 Yamauchi
• 9 Tajimi
• 10 Yoshihara
• 11 Fukuda
• 12 Nakamura
• Coach: Yoneda