Tae Satoya

is a Japanese freestyle skier. She won the Olympic title in the moguls event at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and she finished third at the 2002 games.

Olympic career Satoya became the first Japanese woman to earn a gold medal in the Winter Olympics after winning a gold medal in the Moguls event at the 1998 Nagano Olympics.

Satoya went on to win a further Bronze medal at the Moguls event in 2002 at Salt Lake City.

She also competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics where she finished in 15th place,

Scandal Satoya was banned by the Ski Association of Japan from participating in the 2005 Freestyle World Ski Championships in Finland following a scandal resulting from an arrest at a Roppongi nightclub