Yuka Sato(born February 14, 1973) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater and choreographer. She is the 1994 World champion, the 1990 World Junior champion and the 1993 & 1994 Japanese national champion. She placed 7th at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 5th at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Following her win at the 1994 World Championships, Sato retired from amateur skating and began performing professionally in ice shows, including Stars on Ice. She won the 1995, 2000, 2001 and 2002 World Professional Championships and placed second at that competition in 1996 and 1998. Sato also performed as a pair skater with Jason Dungjen. She is credited as a stunt performer in the 2007 figure skating comedy motion picture "Blades of Glory".
Sato has worked as a sports commentator for Japanese television.She is a coach and choreographer at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Competitive highlights[]
| International | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 |
| Olympics | 7th | 5th | |||||
| Worlds | 14th | 8th | 4th | 1st | |||
| Skate America | 1st | ||||||
| Skate Canada | 4th | 7th | |||||
| Nations Cup | 5th | ||||||
| NHK Trophy | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | ||||
| Prague Skate | 1st | ||||||
| Piruetten | 6th | ||||||
| International: Junior | |||||||
| Junior Worlds | 10th | 1st | |||||
| National | |||||||
| Japan Champ. | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | |
| Japan Jr. Champ. | 1st | 1st | |||||