Eric Sato
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Eric Anthony Sato | ||
| Born | May 5, 1966 (age 60) Santa Monica, California, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| College / University | Pepperdine University | ||
| Volleyball information | |||
| Position | Defensive specialist | ||
| Number | 11 (1988) 14 (1992) | ||
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Eric Anthony Sato (born May 5, 1966) is an American former volleyball player and two-time Olympian. Sato was a member of the United States national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1] He also played in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and won a bronze medal.[1] He was a defensive specialist, and was widely considered to be the best defensive player in the world.[1][2] After the Olympics, he played professional beach volleyball.[1]
Though 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) in height, Sato's 41 in (1.0 m) vertical jump allowed him to be an effective spiker for the national team, including from the back row.[3]
College
[edit | edit source]Sato played college volleyball at Pepperdine University.[1]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Sato's sister Liane played volleyball with the United States women's national team in both the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics, capturing a bronze medal in 1992.[4][5][6] For the Sato family, a capstone was the 1988 Olympics, when Eric and Liane were both competing, and their brother Gary was a coach on the men's volleyball team.[4]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Eric Sato at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Olympedia profile: Eric Sato
- Eric Sato at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Volleybox.net profile
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- American men's volleyball players
- American men's beach volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- American people of Japanese descent
- Sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Sportspeople from Santa Monica, California
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in volleyball
- 20th-century American sportsmen