Airi Miyabe
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| Full name | Airi Miyabe | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 July 1998 [1] Hyogo Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 313 cm (123 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 290 cm (114 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||
| College / University | College of Southern Idaho (2017–2018) University of Minnesota (2018–2020) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current club |  Victorina Himeji[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 15 (national team) | ||||||||||||||
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Airi Miyabe (宮部 藍梨, Miyabe Airi; born 29 July 1998) is a Japanese volleyball player and a member of the Japan women's national volleyball team. She is of mixed Nigerian and Japanese heritage.[3]
Miyabe competed in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. At the club level, she represented Kinrankai Senior High School in 2015.[4]
At the collegiate level in the United States, Miyabe attended the College of Southern Idaho before transferring to the University of Minnesota, where she played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.[5]
She was also a member of the Japanese national team at the 2024 Olympics.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Airi Miyabe". Volleyball World. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 "Airi Miyabe". Volleybox. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
- ↑ Florio, Gina (4 November 2015). "7 Multiracial Female Athletes You Should Watch". Bustle. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
- ↑ "Team Roster – Japan". FIVB.org. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ↑ "Airi Miyabe – Minnesota Gophers". Retrieved 23 April 2025.
- ↑ "Airi MIYABE". Olympics. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- http://worldgrandprix.2015.fivb.com/en/preliminary-round-group1/competition/teams/jpn-japan/players/airi-miyabe?id=44904
- http://u18.women.2015.volleyball.fivb.com/en/competition/teams/jpn-japan/players/airi-miyabe?id=46146
- http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=volleyball&page=player&id=13592
- http://www.baseballjapan.org/system/prog/news.php?l=e&i=1036
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