Tae Satoya

Tae Satoya (里谷 多英, Satoya Tae; born June 12, 1976, in Sapporo) 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.^[1]

Tae Satoya

Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
	1998 Nagano	Moguls
	2002 Salt Lake City	Moguls

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,^[2] and finally in the 2010 Olympics where, reportedly suffering from back problems she finished 19th after falling on her last jump.^[3]

Scandal

Satoya was banned by the Ski Association of Japan from participating in the 2005 Freestyle World Ski Championships in Finland following a scandal resulting from an arrest at a Roppongi nightclub^[2]