Eric Sato
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| Full name | Eric Anthony Sato | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 5, 1966 (age 58) Santa Monica, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
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Eric Anthony Sato (born May 5, 1966 in Santa Monica, California) is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He was serving (jump serve) and defensive specialist. After the Olympics he played pro beach volleyball.[1]
His sister Liane also played volleyball in both the 1988 and 1992 Olympic games, capturing a bronze medal in 1992.[2]
His niece Katie plays libero for Cal State Northridge.
References
External links
- Eric Sato at the Beach Volleyball Database
- USA Olympic Team
- KarchAcademy
- Eric Sato at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Eric Sato at Olympics.com
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- Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in volleyball
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- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- American sportspeople of Japanese descent
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- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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