Yugo Tsukita
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| Yugo Tsukita | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 18, 1976 Ishikari, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yugo Tsukita (附田雄剛, Tsukita Yūgo, born July 18, 1976 in Ishikari) is a Japanese freestyle skier, specializing in moguls.[1]
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 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.[2]
As of February 2013, he has won one medal at the World Championships, a silver in the 2003 dual moguls event.[1]
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.[1]
World Cup Podiums
[edit]| Date | Location | Rank | Event |
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| January 18, 1997 | Blackcomb |  | Dual moguls |
| January 24, 1998 | Blackcomb |  | Moguls |
| January 29, 2000 | Madarao |  | Dual moguls |
| February 5, 2000 | Inawashiro | | Moguls |
| March 16, 2000 | Livigno | | Dual moguls |
| February 10, 2001 | Iizuna Kogen | | Dual moguls |
| March 3, 2002 | Inawashiro | | Moguls |
| March 9, 2002 | Madarao | | Dual moguls |
| December 14, 2005 | Tignes | | Moguls |
| February 17, 2007 | Inawashiro | | Moguls |
| February 7, 2009 | Cypress Mountain | | Moguls |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d FIS Profile
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yugo Tsukita". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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