Kumiko Sato

Personal information
Full name:	Kumiko Sato
Alternative names:	Kumiko Okawa
Country represented:	Japan
Date of birth:	February 22, 1946 (1946-02-22) (age 63)
Place of birth:	Osaka
Skating club:	Kansai University

Japanese name
Kanji 佐藤久美子 Kana さとうくみこ Rōmaji Satō Kumiko

Japanese name
Kanji 久美子 大川 Rōmaji Ōkawa Kumiko

Kumiko Sato (née Okawa) (born on February 22, 1946 in Osaka, Japan) was a Japanese figure skater who is now a coach. She is one of the more successful coaches in Japan. Her husband is Nobuo Sato, and their daughter is Yuka Sato.

She won the Japan Figure Skating Championships in 1966 and 1967. She represented Japan at the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1968 Winter Olympics. Her best finish at the World Championships was 5th in 1967.

[edit] Competitive highlights

Event/Season	58-59	59-60	60-61	61-62	62-63	63-64	64-65	65-66	66-67	67-68
Winter Olympics						13th				8th
World Championships						13th	12th	10th	5th	5th
Japanese Championships	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st
Winter Universiade								2nd		1st

[edit] References

• Yuka Sato Trivia

[edit] Navigation

v • d • e Japan Champions in Figure Skating -- Ladies’ singles 1934: Etsuko Inada · 1935: Tamako Togo · 1936-1940: Etsuko Inada · 1946: Yoshiko Tsukioka · 1947: Yoshiko Niwa · 1950: Etsuko Inada · 1952: Yoshiko Tsukioka · 1953-1954: Tsuyako Yamashita · 1955-1958: Junko Ueno · 1959: Miwa Fukuhara · 1960: Junko Ueno · 1961-1965: Miwa Fukuhara · 1966-1967: Kumiko Okawa · 1968-1971: Kazumi Yamashita · 1972-1979: Emi Watanabe · 1980: Reiko Kobayashi · 1981: Mariko Yoshida · 1982: Juri Ozawa · 1983: Masako Kato · 1984-1991: Midori Ito · 1992-1993: Yuka Sato · 1994: Hanae Yokoya · 1995: Midori Ito · 1996: Fumie Suguri · 1997-1998: Shizuka Arakawa · 1999: Chisato Shiina · 2000-2002: Fumie Suguri · 2003-2004: Miki Ando · 2005: Fumie Suguri · 2006-2008: Mao Asada

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