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Adenizia
Adenizia (Adenízia Aparecida Ferreira da Silva, born 1986, Ibiaí, Brazil) is an Olympic champion middle blocker, gold medalist at London 2012 with Brazil, also world silver 2010 and bronze 2014, longtime Osasco player.
Irina Smirnova Ilchenko
Irina Smirnova Ilchenko (Ирина Смирнова-Ильченко, born 1968) is a Russian volleyball player who won Olympic gold in 1988 with the Soviet Union and silver in 1992 with the Unified Team.
Katsumi Matsumura
Katsumi Matsumura (松村勝美, born 1944, Osaka) is a Japanese volleyball player who won Olympic gold in 1964 and silver in 1972, plus World Championship golds in 1962 and 1967.
Kelsey Robinson
Kelsey Robinson (Kelsey Marie Robinson-Cook, born 1992), American volleyball outside hitter, three-time Olympic medalist (bronze 2016, gold 2020, silver 2024), 2014 world champion, 2018 USAV co-player of the year after switching to libero.
Yang Xilan
Yang Xilan (杨锡兰), born 1961 in Tianjin, is a Chinese former volleyball setter, 1984 Olympic gold medalist and 1988 bronze medalist, 1986 World Championship captain and MVP, later a UN Geneva security coordinator in Switzerland.
Yoshiko Matsumura
Yoshiko Matsumura (松村好子, later Kanda), born 1941, Japanese volleyball left-side player for Nichibo Kaizuka; won gold in the first Olympic women's volleyball tournament at Tokyo 1964, beating the USSR in the final.