Background
Yuka Sato was born in Tokyo to figure skating parents. Her father, Nobuo Sato, competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Winter Olympics while her mother, Kumiko Okawa, competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1968 Winter Olympics.
佐藤 有香
Yuka Sato was born in Tokyo to figure skating parents. Her father, Nobuo Sato, competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Winter Olympics while her mother, Kumiko Okawa, competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1968 Winter Olympics.
Graduated from the high school, Tokyo.
She placed 7th at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 5th at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Eligible career
Around 1989, she moved to Canada and joined Peter Dunfield, who coached her for the next five years. In the 1990-1991 season, Sato placed fifth at the 1990 Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai Trophy and at the 1990 Nations Cup.
She was sent to the 1992 Winter Olympics, where she placed seventh, and the 1992 World Championships, where she finished eighth.
She placed fourth at the 1993 World Championships. At the Olympics, she popped an intended triple Lutz in the short program and placed seventh in that segment of the competition.
She completed six triple jumps in the free skate and finished fifth overall. All of the Olympic medalists withdrew from the 1994 World Championships, which were held in Japan.
She placed first after the technical program, with Surya Bonaly and Tanja Szewczenko in second and third, respectively.
Later career
Sato also performed as a pair skater with Jason Dungjen. She is credited as a stunt performer in the 2007 figure skating comedy motion picture Blades of Glory. Sato has worked as a sports commentator for Japanese television
She commentated for Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai during the 2006 Winter Olympics, including the broadcast of Shizuka Arakawa"s winning performance.
She is a coach and choreographer at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She has coached Jeremy Abbott (since May 2009), Alissa Czisny (2010-2014), Valentina Marchei (2011-2014), and choreographed for Takahiko Kozuka.
