Hiroshi Sato (curler)

Hiroshi Sato
Born (1978-01-30) 30 January 1978 (age 46)
Team
Curling clubObihiro & Tokoro CC
SkipShinya Abe
ThirdYuta Matsumura
SecondYuki Hayashi
LeadHiroshi Sato
AlternateYasumasa Tanida
Curling career
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances
3 (1996, 1997, 1998)
Olympic
appearances
1 (1998)
Medal record
Men's curling
Representing  Japan
Pacific-Asia Championships
Silver medal – second place 1996 Sydney
Silver medal – second place 1997 Karuizawa
Silver medal – second place 1998 Qualicum Beach

Hiroshi Sato (佐藤 浩, Satō Hiroshi, born January 30, 1978) is a Japanese curler and curling coach from Tokoro, Hokkaido, Japan.

He represented Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where the Japanese men's team placed 5th.

Teams and events

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1994 Hiroshi Sato Nobumitsu Fujisawa Yoshihiro Kataoka Naoki Kudo Hidetaka Sunaga WJCC 1994 (9th)
1995 Hiroshi Sato Naoki Kudo Yoshihiro Kataoka Nobumitsu Fujisawa Yusuke Hirosawa WJCC 1995 (6th)
1996 Hiroshi Sato Makoto Tsuruga Kazuhito Hori Shinya Abe Hiroshi Tsuruga WJCC 1996 (7th)
1996–97 Hiroshi Sato Makoto Tsuruga Kazuhito Hori Shinya Abe Hirohumi Kudo JMCC 1996 1st place, gold medalist(s)[1]
PCC 1996 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1997–98 Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Hirohumi Kudo Hiroshi Sato Makoto Tsuruga Hisaaki Nakamine PCC 1997 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Makoto Tsuruga Hiroshi Sato Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Hirohumi Kudo Hisaaki Nakamine Glen Jackson WOG 1998 (5th)
Makoto Tsuruga Hiroshi Sato Kazuhito Hori Shinya Abe Yusuke Hirosawa WJCC 1998 (5th)
1998–99 Makoto Tsuruga Kazuhito Hori Hiroshi Sato Naoki Kudo Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Glen Jackson PCC 1998 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1999–00 Makoto Tsuruga Kazuhito Hori Hiroshi Sato Naoki Kudo
2012–13 Shinya Abe Yuta Matsumura Naomasa Takeda Hiroshi Sato Yuki Hayashi
2013–14 Shinya Abe Yuta Matsumura Naomasa Takeda Hiroshi Sato Yuki Hayashi
2014–15 Shinya Abe Yuta Matsumura Yuki Hayashi Hiroshi Sato JMCC 2015 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[2]
2015–16 Shinya Abe Yuta Matsumura Yuki Hayashi Hiroshi Sato JMCC 2016 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[3]
2016–17 Shinya Abe Yuta Matsumura Yuki Hayashi Hiroshi Sato Yasumasa Tanida JMCC 2017 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[4]

Record as a coach of national teams

Year Tournament, event National team Place
2017 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship  Japan (mixed doubles)
19

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