Saori Kimura

As of November 15, 2013

Saori Kimura (Japanese木村 沙织, Kimura Saori, born August 19, 1986 in Yashio ) is a Japanese volleyball player. She participated in three Olympic Games and won the bronze medal in 2012.

Career

Kimura started her career at the Shimokitazawa Seitoku High School. In 2003 she debuted in the Japanese national team, with which it participated in the World Cup. In 2004, she reached the quarter-finals with the team and thus the fifth place at the Olympic Games. The following year, Japan took third place at the Asian Cup. Kimura also came to Toray Arrows 2005. In the 2006 World Cup in their own country they finished sixth with Japan. 2007 managed the national team 's victory in the Asian Cup. The club won the Außenangreiferin 2008, the domestic double of league and cup. Then they played an Olympic tournament in Beijing for the second time and was again fifth. In 2009, Toray Arrows defend the championship title successfully. Japan ended the Asia Cup in third place. After the third championship in a row Kimura was with Japan at the 2010 World Cup also third parties. 2011, there were for Kimura's club in league and cup two second places. The same result is reached the national team at the continental championship. At the World Cup in Japan came to fourth place. 2012 celebrated Kimura with Toray Arrows again the Double. Then she took part in London for the third time in the Olympic Games and won bronze. After the tournament Kimura joined the Turkish league Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta to İstanbul, with whom she won the 2013 Turkish Cup, the Champions League and the Turkish Cup. After that, she was obliged by local rivals Galatasaray.