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Full name
  
Kumiko Sato

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Alternative names
  
Kumiko Okawa

Retired
  
1968

Skating club
  
Country represented
  
Name
  
Kumiko Sato


Born
  
February 22, 1946 (age 78) (
1946-02-22
)
Osaka, Japan

kumiko sato


Kumiko Sato (佐藤 久美子, Satō Kumiko), née Kumiko Okawa (大川 久美子, Ōkawa Kumiko) (born on February 22, 1946) is a Japanese figure skating coach and former competitor. She is the 1968 Winter Universiade champion and a two-time (1966, 1967) Japan national champion. She represented Japan twice at the Winter Olympics, in 1964 and 1968. Her best finish at the World Championships was 5th, which she obtained in 1967 and 1968.

After retiring from competition, she became one of the more successful coaches in Japan. She is married to Nobuo Sato, with whom she has a daughter, Yuka Sato. As of 2011, the couple live near Yokohama.

References

Kumiko Sato Wikipedia


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