is a Japanese

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

. Sato was born in

Gunma is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 km2 (2,456 sq mi). Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima P ...

. He started ski mountaineering in 2000 and participated in his first race in 2004. He lives in

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Selected results

* 2007: ** 2nd,

Asian Championship An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics * Asia ...

, individual * 2009: ** 1st,

, individual ** 1st, Asian Championship, relay (mixed team), together with Mase Chigaya, Suzuki Keiichiro and Hiraide Kazuya ** 3rd, Asian Championship,

vertical race A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical Races for women and men are ...

The 2nd Asian Ski Mountaineering Championships 2009 - vertical race

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Yoshiyuki Sato
at SkiMountaineering.org 1975 births Living people Japanese male ski mountaineers Sportspeople from Gunma Prefecture 21st-century Japanese people {{skimountaineering-bio-stub