Kōji Kojima (小島 孝治, Kojima Kōji, June 26, 1930 – May 27, 2014 [1]) was a Japanese Olympic volleyball coach. He led the Japanese Olympic women's volleyball team to a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich. [2]
Kojima became the coach of the Japanese Olympic team in 1970, succeeding Hirobumi Daimatsu, whose women's team had won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [2] Under Kojima, Japan's women's volleyball team won silver in 1972, losing to the Soviet Union in a match played in the aftermath of the Munich massacre. [2]
His team was favored to win gold in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but Japan boycotted the games following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. [2] Kojima later became the general director for the Japanese athletes at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. [2]
Koji Kojima died at a hospital from pneumonia on May 27, 2014, at the age of 83. [2]
Kōji Kojima (小島 孝治, Kojima Kōji, June 26, 1930 – May 27, 2014 [1]) was a Japanese Olympic volleyball coach. He led the Japanese Olympic women's volleyball team to a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich. [2]
Kojima became the coach of the Japanese Olympic team in 1970, succeeding Hirobumi Daimatsu, whose women's team had won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [2] Under Kojima, Japan's women's volleyball team won silver in 1972, losing to the Soviet Union in a match played in the aftermath of the Munich massacre. [2]
His team was favored to win gold in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but Japan boycotted the games following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. [2] Kojima later became the general director for the Japanese athletes at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. [2]
Koji Kojima died at a hospital from pneumonia on May 27, 2014, at the age of 83. [2]