Yuka Satō (athlete)

Yuka Sato
nation	Japan
birthday	21st July 1992 (age 28)
place of birth	Osaka Prefecture , Japan
size	162 cm
Weight	55 kg
Career
discipline	Javelin throw
Best performance	62.88 m (June 28, 2019 in Fukuoka )
status	active
Medal table
Asian Championships 0 × 0 × 1 × U20 Asian Championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Asian Championships bronze Kobe 2011 54.16 m Junior Asian Championships bronze Hanoi 2010 48.46 m
last change: November 23, 2019

Yuka Satō ( Japanese 佐藤 有 香 , Satō Yuka ; born July 21, 1992 in Osaka Prefecture ) is a Japanese javelin thrower .

Athletic career

Yuka Satō gained her first international experience at international championships in 2009 at the World Youth Championships in Brixen , where she finished ninth in the final with a width of 48.14 m. The following year she won the bronze medal at the Junior Asian Championships in Hanoi with 48.46 m. In 2011, she won the bronze medal behind the two Chinese women Liu Chunhua and Wang Ping at the Asian Championships in Kobe with a width of 54.16 m . Years followed in which she only competed nationally before she could improve in 2019 and qualified for the World Championships in Doha , where she did not reach the final with 55.03 m .

Satō graduated from Higashiosaka College in Higashiōsaka .

Web links

• Yuka Satō in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ JAAF profile (Japanese)