Tae Satoya (里谷 多英, Satoya Tae, born on June 12, 1976, in Sapporo, Japan) is a Japanese freestyle skier. She won the Olympic title in the moguls event at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and she finished third at the 2002 games.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's freestyle skiing | ||
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1998 Nagano | Moguls |
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2002 Salt Lake City | Moguls |
Satoya became the first Japanese woman to earn a gold medal in the Winter Olympics.
She was banned by the Ski Association of Japan from participating in the 2005 Freestyle World Ski Championships in Finland.[1]
Although reportedly suffering from back problems, Satoya competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Ladies' Moguls where she finished 19th after falling on her last jump.[2]
References
edit- ^ Mark D. West (2007). Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in Japan and the United States, page 218. University of Chicago Press, ISBN 978-0-226-89408-9
- ^ Uemura won't hold back in bid for moguls medal, The Japan Times, japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
External links
edit- Official website Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
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