Katsutoshi Nekoda
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox volleyball player Script error: No such module "Nihongo". was a Japanese volleyball player and four-time Olympian.[1] Nekoda was a member of the Japanese men's national volleyball team as a setter.[1]
Nekoda led the Japan national volleyball team to a bronze medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and a gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics.[2] He was the flagbearer of Japan at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[2]
Nekoda invented the ceiling serve, a serve where the ball is hit up towards the ceiling with all the lights to make it difficult to judge the landing.[3] He retired in 1980, and died of stomach cancer in 1983.[1]
In 2023, Nekoda was posthumously inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.[1]
See also
- JT Thunders
- Nekoda Memorial (Japan high school volleyball tournament in Chūgoku region among the 1st year students)
- Nekoda Memorial Gymnasium
References
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External links
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