Women
JPN
Yui Sakai
JPN- Date of birth07 Dec 1987
- Height161 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownTokyo
- Place of birthSuwa
- Start skatingShe first tried skating at age three. She took up short track at age nine in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
- Club Health Sciences Group [Hoken Kagaku Group]: Japan
- HobbiesReading. (hkk.co.jp, 30 Sep 2015)
- LanguagesJapanese
- CoachN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
Finishing first in the overall standings in the 1000m during the 2011/12 World Cup season. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2017, 11 Feb 2016)
She received a Grand Prize at the 2011 Sports Grand Awards in Japan. (abn-tv.co.jp, 2011)
Japanese short track skater Hayato Sueyoshi. (Athlete, 11 Feb 2016)
Japanese short track skater Hayato Sueyoshi, and her younger sister. (Athlete, 11 Feb 2016, 10 Dec 2015)
In 2016 she suffered torn ligaments in both knees. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2017)
To compete at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (hkk.co.jp, 30 Sep 2015)
Her older sister encouraged her to try the sport.
