Ayano Sato
Japan
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSJPN21012199601 | |
| NOC | Japan | |
| Born | 10 Dec 1996
in  Kushiro | |
| Gender | Women |
| Higher education | Education - Takasaki University of Health and Welfare: Japan | |
| Languages | Japanese | |
| Occupation | Airline Worker, Athlete | |
| Residence | Obihiro, JPN |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 38.21 | 09 Mar 2024 |  Inzell |
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| 1000m | 1:14.19 | 26 Jan 2024 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1500m | 1:51.46 | 05 Dec 2021 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 3000m | 3:59.79 | 03 Dec 2021 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 5000m | 7:06.99 | 16 Dec 2022 |  Calgary |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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| Olympic Games | Event | |||||
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Olympic Games
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| Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | 1 | ||||
| World Junior Championships | Event | |||||
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World Junior Championships
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| Mass Start 10 Laps | 1 | |||||
| Team Pursuit | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Team Sprint | 1 | |||||
| World Single Distances Championships | Event | |||||
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World Single Distances Championships
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| Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/ayano.sato.73 |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | ANA: Japan |
General Interest
General Interest
| Injuries | She fractured the big toe on her right foot after falling at the 2017 World Cup event in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (hokkaido-np.co.jp, 11 Dec 2017) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | She was encouraged by her older brother. | |
| Name of coach | Toshihiko Itokawa, JPN | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She began skating at age three in 1999 in Akkeshi, Japan. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Keep smiling." (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023) | |
| Awards and honours | In 2018 she received the Takasaki Citizen Honorary Award in Japan. (yomiuri.co.jp, 08 Mar 2018) In 2018 she was given the Gunma Prefecture Sports Special Honorary Award in Japan. (tokyo-np.co.jp, 08 May 2018) In 2015 she received the Hokkaido Sports Award in Japan. (pref.hokkaido.lg.jp, 29 Mar 2016) |
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| Hobbies | Shopping. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023) |
Social Media
Social Media
| twitter.com/ayano_sato1210 |
General Interest
General Interest
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning gold in team pursuit at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023) | |
| Milestones | At age 21 years and 73 days, she became the youngest female athlete from Japan to win a gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games when she was part of the team that claimed victory in the team pursuit at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang. (SportsDeskOnline, 22 Oct 2018; bgf.or.jp, 17 Apr 2018) | |
| Hero / Idol | Her father. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023) | |
| Ambitions | To win a medal at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2018 | Olympic Games | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2023/2024 | Four Continents Championships | Team Sprint | 1 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | Team Pursuit | 2 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Allround Championships | 500m | 2 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit | 2 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Allround Championships | 500m | 3 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit | 3 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | 1500m | 4 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 5 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 5 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 7 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 8 | |||
| 2018 | Olympic Games | 3000m | 8 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | Mass Start | 8 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 9 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | 3000m | 9 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | 3000m | 10 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 10 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 10 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | 3000m | 13 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 13 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Single Distances Championships | 3000m | 15 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 16 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 20 | |||
| 2018 | Olympic Games | Mass Start 16 Laps | 23 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2019/2020 | Nagano | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | Minsk | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | Minsk | Mass Start 16 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2023/2024 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Team Pursuit | 1 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Heerenveen | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | Salt Lake City, UT | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Team Sprint | 1 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Obihiro | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Tomakomai | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | Heerenveen | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | Heerenveen | Mass Start 16 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start 16 Laps | 2 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Nagano | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 2 | |||
| 2024/2025 | Nagano | Team Pursuit | 2 | |||
| 2021/2022 | Calgary, AB | Team Pursuit | 2 | |||
| 2021/2022 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Team Pursuit | 2 | |||
| 2023/2024 | Salt Lake City, UT | Team Pursuit | 2 | |||
| 2022/2023 | Calgary, AB | Team Pursuit | 2 | |||
| 2021/2022 | Salt Lake City, UT | 1500m | 2 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 3 | |||
| 2018/2019 | Heerenveen | Mass Start 16 Laps | 3 | |||
| 2022/2023 | Stavanger | Team Pursuit | 3 | |||
| 2021/2022 | Calgary, AB | 1500m | 3 | |||
| 2021/2022 | Stavanger | 1500m | 3 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start 16 Laps | 6 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start 16 Laps | 8 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 8 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 8 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 3000/5000m | 8 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 3000/5000m | 11 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 12 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | Overall | 17 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 18 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 21 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 23 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 3000/5000m | 24 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start 16 Laps | 25 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 3000/5000m | 30 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 37 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 3000/5000m | 44 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 45 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 3000/5000m | 45 | |||