Sachiko Sugiyama (杉山祥子, ''Sugiyama Sachiko'', born October 19, 1979) is a

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player from

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, who competed at the

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, wearing the number #12 jersey. There she ended up in fifth place with the Japan women's national team. Sugiyama played as a middle blocker.

Clubs

*Fujimi High School →

NEC Red Rockets is a women's volleyball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It plays in V.League 1. The owner of the team is NEC. The club was founded in April 1978 as NEC's corporate team, participating the same year in the 10th V.Challen ...

(1998-)

National team

* Junior National Team (1997) * National Team (2000–2008)

Honours

*Team **2003: 5th place in the World Cup in Japan **2004: 5th place in the Olympic Games of Athens **2006: 6th place in the World Championship in Japan **2007: 7th place in the World Cup in Japan **2008: 5th place in the Olympic Games of Beijing *Individual **1998 5th V.League New Face award **2002 8th V.League Spike award, Best6 **2003 9th V.League Best6 **2004 10th V.League Best6, Block award **2006 12th V.League Best6, Block award **2009 2008-09

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Best6, Block award

External links

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FIVB biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sugiyama, Sachiko 1979 births Living people Japanese women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Japan NEC Red Rockets players Place of birth missing (living people) Volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Volleyball players from Shizuoka Prefecture Asian Games bronze medalists in volleyball Asian Games silver medalists in volleyball