Yugo Tsukita


Yugo Tsukita is a Japanese freestyle skier, specializing in moguls.
Tsukita competed at the 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics for Japan. His best performance came in 2002, when he qualified for the moguls final, finishing 16th. He also advanced to the final in 2010, finishing 17th. In [Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls|1998], he finished 18th in the qualifying round, and did not advance. In 2006, he finished 33rd in the qualifying round, and did not advance.
As of February 2013, he has won one medal at the World Championships, a silver in the 2003 dual moguls event.
Tsukita made his World Cup debut in January 1995. As of February 2013, he has won one World Cup event, a Dual Moguls competition at Madarao in 1999/00. Altogether, he has eleven World Cup medals, his first coming at Blackcomb in 1996/97. His best World Cup finish is 10th, in 2008/09.
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World Cup podiums

DateLocationRankEvent
January 18, 1997BlackcombDual moguls
January 24, 1998BlackcombMoguls
January 29, 2000MadaraoDual moguls
February 5, 2000InawashiroMoguls
March 16, 2000LivignoDual moguls
February 10, 2001Iizuna KogenDual moguls
March 3, 2002InawashiroMoguls
March 9, 2002MadaraoDual moguls
December 14, 2005TignesMoguls
February 17, 2007InawashiroMoguls
February 7, 2009Cypress MountainMoguls