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

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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, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Euro ...

in the 500, 1000 and 1500 m events with the best achievement of ninth place in the 500 m in 1972. She badly fell on the same distance in 1968.
gahetna.nl images She is sometimes confused with Jitsuko Saito who also competed in speed skating at the 1968 Olympics. Personal bests: *500 m – 43.8 (1972) *1000 m – 1:29.4 (1972) *1500 m – 2:19.8 (1972) *3000 m – 5:02.9 (1972)

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Sachiko SAITO-YOBEKURA
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