Kumiko Ōkawa

Kumiko Ōkawa ( Japanese 大川 久 美 子 , Ōkawa Kumiko ; born February 22, 1946 in Osaka Prefecture ), married Kumiko Satō ( 佐藤 久 美 子 , Satō Kumiko ), is a former Japanese figure skater who started in a single run .

Ōkawa became the Japanese champion in 1967 and 1968 . In the period from 1964 to 1968 she took part in world championships . Her best result was fifth place, which she achieved at the 1967 and 1968 World Championships . It was the best placement of a Japanese woman at world championships up to that point. Ōkawa represented Japan twice at the Olympic Games . In 1964 she was 13th, and in 1968 she was eighth.

Ōkawa married the Japanese figure skating record champion Nobuo Satō . Their daughter Yuka Satō was figure skating world champion in 1994 . Like her husband, Ōkawa worked as a figure skating coach after completing her competitive career.

Results

Competition / year	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968
winter Olympics						13.				8th.
World championships						13.	12.	10.	5.	5.
Japanese championships	3.	3.	3.	3.	2.	2.	2.	2.	1.	1.

Web links

• Kumiko Ōkawa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )