Mai Yamaguchi

Mai Yamaguchi
Personal information
Full nameMai Yamaguchi
NicknameYume, Pearl
Born (1983-07-03) July 3, 1983 (age 41)
Shima, Mie, Japan
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Spike308 cm (121 in)
Block300 cm (118 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing Spiker/Middle Blocker
Current clubRetired
National team
 Japan
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Japan Team
Asian Championship
Silver medal – second place 2011 Taipei

Mai Yamaguchi (山口 舞 Yamaguchi Mai, born July 3, 1983) is a former Japanese volleyball player who played for Okayama Seagulls. She was part of Japan's 2012 bronze medal-winning team.[2]

Mai participated in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, which was her last international tournament with the national team. She announced her retirement from volleyball in 2019.[3][4]

Profile

Her nickname is "Yume", which means "dream" in Japanese. Another nickname is Pearl, which is locally farmed specialty of her hometown of Shima, in Mie prefecture. She liked knitting and cooking at the time of her bronze medal and she also enjoyed figure skating.[5]

Clubs

  • Japan Osaka International Takii High School
  • Japan Okayama Seagulls (2002-2019)

National team

  • Japan National team (2009-2018)

Awards

Individual

Team

National team

References

  1. ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Mai Yamaguchi Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  3. ^ "バレーボール引退の山口舞が会見". Reuters (in Japanese). 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  4. ^ "志摩出身女子バレーメダリスト山口舞選手が引退報告 真珠いかだで遊んだ経験生かされた". 伊勢志摩経済新聞. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  5. ^ "FIVB". www.fivb.org. Retrieved 2020-03-10.


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