Foluke Gunderson

Foluke Gunderson's profile reads like a quietly remarkable arc to me. Born in London, Ontario, she represents the United States internationally, which already tells you something about how borders blur in elite sport. Standing 191cm as a middle blocker, she came through Stanford and took the 2008 Honda Sports Award for volleyball, a marker of real college dominance. What I find most interesting is the Japan chapter, playing for Hisamitsu Springs, since few American players commit to that league. Now known by her married name Gunderson, she strikes me as someone whose career deserves more recognition outside hardcore volleyball circles than it tends to get.

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Name (English)

Foluke Gunderson

Name (Japanese)

フォルケ・アキンラデウォ

Reading

ふぉるけ・あきんらでうぉ

Born

October 5, 1987 (age 39)

Origin

London, Ontario, Canada

Height

191 cm

Occupation

volleyball player / beach volleyball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rabbit

University

Stanford University

Awards & achievements

• 2008 Honda Sports Award for Volleyball

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/folukea/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foluke%20Gunderson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%87%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269766

Tags

• Ontario
• volleyball player
• beach volleyball player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.