Summary
Maiko Sato (佐藤 麻衣子, Sato Maiko, born 29 May 1978) is a Japanese former sailor, who specialized in both Europe and Laser Radial classes.[1] She captured a silver medal in her respective single-handed boat category at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and was also selected to compete for Japan in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004).[2][3]
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| Nationality |  Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 May 1978 Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Class | Dinghy | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sato made her Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, where she finished twenty-third in the Europe class with a satisfying net grade of 172, surpassing Belarusian sailor Tatiana Drozdovskaya by a close, four-point margin.[4]
When South Korea hosted the 2002 Asian Games, Sato sailed away vigorously towards a silver-medal finish in the Europe class with a grade of 16 points, an exact double of the score attained by her Chinese rival and eventual champion Lu Chunfeng.[3]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Sato qualified for her second Japanese team in the Europe class by virtue of her status as the country's top sailor in her respective category, placing among the top 30 from the Semaine Olympique Francaise nearly three months earlier in Hyères, France.[5] As her previous Games, Sato could not be able to improve her Olympic feat with mediocre marks recorded throughout the eleven-race series, sitting her in twenty-fourth position with 192 net points. Furthermore, Sato's overall score spared her from the far bottom of the leaderboard by a twelve-point edge over the Russian rookie Natalia Ivanova.[6]
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maiko Sato". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "Final Report: Korea Dominant". World Sailing. 9 October 2002. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Sailing: Was the host accommodated?". Sportstar. 9 November 2002. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Sailing – Women's Europe Class" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 105. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ ヨーロッパ級佐藤麻衣子選手、五輪出場枠獲得 [Europe sailor Maiko Sato wins the Olympic ticket]. Bulkhead Magazine (in Japanese). goo. 3 May 2004. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ "Sailing: Women's Europe Class". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
External links edit
- Maiko Sato at World Sailing
- Maiko Sato at Olympics.com
- Maiko Sato at Olympedia
- Japanese Olympic Team Profile (in Japanese)
