Tae Satoya


Tae Satoya is a Japanese freestyle skier. She won the Olympic title in the moguls event at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and she finished third at the 2002 games.

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, and finally in the 2010 Olympics where, reportedly suffering from back problems she finished 19th after falling on her last jump.

Scandal

Satoya was banned by the List of [sports governing bodies in Japan|Ski Association of Japan] from participating in the FIS Freestyle [World Ski Championships 2005|2005 Freestyle World Ski Championships] in Finland following a scandal resulting from an arrest at a Roppongi nightclub