Sayuri Osuga (, born 27 October 1980) is a Japanese

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

and cyclist. She is one of the few athletes who started both in the Winter Games 2002 and 2006 (in the 500 m speed skating event) and in the 2004 Summer Games (in the 500 m time trial cycling event, placing 10th). Until 2006, she was a member of the professional Sankyoseiki speedskating team. She placed first and third in the Speedskating World Cup. She holds the Japanese records in the 500 m speed skating and the 500 m time trial event. From 2006 to 2011, she was sponsored by the construction company Daiwa House Industries Co. Ltd. She retired in 2011.

Speed skating results

;2006 :4th overall 500 m,

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...

::3rd 500 m,

, 2 March ::2nd 500 m,

, 3 March :4th overall 100 m,

::2nd 100 m,

, 4 March :8th 500 m,

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

;2007 :3rd 2 x 500 m, 2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

Cycling palmarès

;2003 :13th 500 m time trial,

2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany from July 30 to August 3, 2003. The championships were due to be held in Shenzh ...

;2004 :10th 500 m time trial,

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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* 1980 births Japanese female speed skaters Japanese female cyclists Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for Japan Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Japan Speed skaters at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Cyclists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists in cycling Asian Games bronze medalists in cycling Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Living people World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists 21st-century Japanese sportswomen Speed skaters from Hokkaido Cyclists from Hokkaido 20th-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-cycling-bio-stub