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Kana Oyama | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Kana Oyama | ||
Nickname | Kana | ||
Born | Tokyo, Japan | June 19, 1984||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||
Spike | 313 cm (123 in) | ||
Block | 299 cm (118 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Outside hitter | ||
National team | |||
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Kana Oyama (大山 加奈 Ōyama Kana, born June 19, 1984) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toray Arrows. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece wearing the #13 jersey. There, she and the Japan women's national team took fifth place.[1] Oyama played as a wing-spiker. The Toray Arrows announced her retirement on 29 June 2010.[2]
While attending Shimokitazawa Seito Gakuen[disputed – discuss] high school, the volleyball team won the high school national championship, with Erica Araki
Oyama was selected for the national team for the Olympic games in Beijing, but declined due to lumbago.
Oyama now teaches young children how to play volleyball. Miki Oyama is her younger sister.