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{{Short description|Japanese volleyball player (born 1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
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| birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|July 29, 1958}}
| birth_place      = [[Katsuyama, Fukui]], Japan
| death_date       = 
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| teamnumber       = 3
| position         = Middle blocker
| height           = {{height|m=1.77}}
| nationalyears    = 1981–1984
| nationalteam     = {{vbw|JPN}}
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Volleyball at the Summer Olympics|volleyball]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|FIVB World Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1981 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|1981 Japan]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1982 Asian Games|1982 New Delhi]] |[[Volleyball at the 1982 Asian Games – Women|Team]]}}
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'''Yuko Mitsuya''' (三屋　裕子 ''Mitsuya Yūko'', born July 29, 1958) is a Japanese former [[volleyball]] player who was a member of the [[Japan women's national volleyball team|Japanese women's national volleyball team]] that won the bronze medal at the [[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Summer Olympics]] in Los Angeles.<ref name="Olympedia">{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52495 |website=Olympedia |title=Yuko Mitsuya |access-date=26 September 2023 }}</ref><ref name="NYT">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/04/sports/volleyball-us-women-beat-china-in-volleyball.html |page=14 |title=Volleyball; U.S. Women Beat China in Volleyball |date=4 August 1984 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |agency=Associated Press |access-date=10 September 2024 }} {{subscription required}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Mitsuya is the current president of the [[Japan Basketball Association]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Nagatsuka|first=Kaz|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/06/29/basketball/yuko-mitsuya-elected-third-term-japan-basketball-association-president/|title=Yuko Mitsuya elected to third term as Japan Basketball Association president|work=[[The Japan Times]]|date=29 June 2020|access-date=26 September 2023}}</ref> and a member of the [[FIBA Central Board]], the highest executive body of [[FIBA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/first-fiba-central-board-meeting-for-new-term-convenes-in-manila-on-eve-of-world-cup-final|title=First FIBA Central Board meeting for new term convenes in Manila on eve of World Cup Final|website=FIBA|date=9 September 2023|access-date=26 September 2023}}</ref>

==National team==
* 1982: 4th place in the [[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|World Championship]]
* 1984: 3rd place in the [[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games of Los Angeles]]

==External links==
* {{sports links}}
* [https://women.volleybox.net/yuko-mitsuya-p26616 Volleybox.net profile]

==References==
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{{Japan squad 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup}}
{{Japan women volleyball team 1984 Olympics}}
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[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic volleyball players for Japan]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Fukui Prefecture]]
[[Category:Japanese women's volleyball players]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in volleyball]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1982 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese sportswomen]]
[[Category:Volleyball players from Fukui Prefecture]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists in volleyball]]