Tae Satoya
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Olympic career
Satoya became the first Japanese woman to earn a gold medal in the Winter Olympics after winning a gold medal in the Moguls event at the 1998 Nagano Olympics.
Satoya went on to win a further Bronze medal at the Moguls event in 2002 at Salt Lake City.
She also competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics where she finished in 15th place,[2] and finally in the 2010 Olympics where, reportedly suffering from back problems she finished 19th after falling on her last jump.[3]
Scandal
Satoya was banned by the Ski Association of Japan from participating in the 2005 Freestyle World Ski Championships in Finland following a scandal resulting from an arrest at a Roppongi nightclub[2]
References
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- ↑ a b Mark D. West (2007). Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in Japan and the United States, page 218. University of Chicago Press, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Uemura won't hold back in bid for moguls medal, The Japan Times, japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
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- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
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