is a retired Japanese

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

. She competed at the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

and finished in 26th and 20th place in 1500 m and 3000 m, respectively. She is sometimes confused with

Sachiko Saito is a retired Japanese speed skater. She competed at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, ...

who also competed in speed skating at the 1968 Olympics. Personal bests: *500 m – 49.3 (1968) *1000 m – 1:38.7 (1968) *1500 m – 2:28.1 (1968) *3000 m – 5:20.5 (1965)

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Jitsuko SAITO
les-sports.info 1946 births Japanese female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of Japan Sportspeople from Nagano Prefecture People from Nagano (city) Living people {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub