Sayuri Osuga

Sayuri Osuga

Personal information
Full name	Sayuri Osuga
Born	(1980-10-27) 27 October 1980 Shibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Sport
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Representing  Japan Women's speed skating World Championships 2007 Salt Lake City 500 m Asian Games 2003 Aomori 500 m Women's cycling Asian Games 2002 Busan 500 m time trial

Sayuri Osuga (Japanese: 大菅小百合, born 27 October 1980) is a Japanese speed skater and cyclist. She is one of the few athletes who started both in the Winter Games 2002 and 2006 (in the 500 m speed skating event) and in the 2004 Summer Games (in the 500 m time trial cycling event, placing 10th). Until 2006, she was a member of the professional Sankyoseiki speedskating team. She placed first and third in the Speedskating World Cup. She holds the Japanese records in the 500 m speed skating and the 500 m time trial event. From 2006 to 2011, she was sponsored by the construction company Daiwa House Industries Co. Ltd. She retired in 2011.

Speed skating results

2006

4th overall 500 m, World Cup

3rd 500 m, World Cup, 2 March

2nd 500 m, World Cup, 3 March

4th overall 100 m, World Cup

2nd 100 m, World Cup, 4 March

8th 500 m, 2006 Winter Olympics

2007

3rd 2 x 500 m, 2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

Cycling palmarès

2003

13th 500 m time trial, 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

2004

10th 500 m time trial, 2004 Summer Olympics

External links

• Official website