Yuki Sunaga (須長 由季, Sunaga Yuki, born 28 December 1980 in Sakado, Saitama) is a Japanese windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class.[1][2] As of September 2013, Sunaga is ranked no. 53 in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Japan |
| Born | 28 December 1980 Sakado, Saitama, Japan |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Sailboard |
| Club | Miki House[1] |
Sunaga competed in the women's RS:X class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by finishing thirty-third and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia. Struggling to attain a top position in the opening series, Sunaga accumulated a net score of 180 points for a twenty-first-place finish in a fleet of twenty-six windsurfers.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Yuki Sunaga". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yuki Sunaga". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Women's RS:X". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
External links
edit- Yuki Sunaga at World Sailing
- Yuki Sunaga at Olympics.com
- Yuki Sunaga at Olympedia
- NBC 2012 Olympics profile at archive.today (archived 10 September 2013)
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