Women
JPN
Hitomi Saito
JPN- Date of birth09 Jul 1990
- Height153 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownSagamihara
- Place of birthN/A
- Start skatingShe took up the sport at age 10 in Kanagawa, Japan.
- Club O Ence: Japan
- HobbiesScuba diving. (skatingjapan.or.jp, 13 Oct 2019)
- LanguagesJapanese
- CoachN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
Representing Japan at the world junior championships. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
In 2013 and 2017 she received the Kanagawa Prefecture Sports Excellence Award in Japan. (pref.kanagawa.jp, 05 Jan 2018; kanagawa-u.ac.jp, 16 Jan 2013)
"Move forward, particularly when you are in a difficult moment." (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
US short track skater John Celski. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
Coach Jeon Jae-Mok. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
She injured her ankle in 2008. (Athlete, 11 Feb 2016)
She fractured her back in grade seven of middle school. (Athlete, 04 Nov 2018, 02 Feb 2017)
She fractured her back in grade seven of middle school. (Athlete, 04 Nov 2018, 02 Feb 2017)
RETIREMENT
In April 2020 she announced her retirement from international competition. (mainichi.jp, 30 Apr 2020)
In April 2020 she announced her retirement from international competition. (mainichi.jp, 30 Apr 2020)
Her younger brother was a skater and she followed him into the sport.
