Satsuki Fujisawa

Fujisawa was born on 24 May 1991 in Kitami, Hokkaido. She is a great Japanese curler.

She has won the Japanese national championship six times as a skip.

Fujisawa led her team to win a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. She also won a silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Today, she is the skip for the Loco Solare curling team. She inspires many with her skill and leadership.

Career

Satsuki Fujisawa started curling by winning the Pacific Junior Curling Championships in 2008 and 2009. This helped her team go to the World Junior Curling Championships.

She has won the Japanese national championship six times. Her team won a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She has competed in many international events, such as the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships and the World Women's Curling Championship. Her team has also taken part in several World Curling Tour events.

After the 2018 Olympics, Fujisawa teamed up with Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi for mixed doubles curling. They won the Japan Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in 2018 and 2019 and went to the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships both years.

Personal life

Satsuki Fujisawa finished her schooling at Hokkaido Kitami Hokuto High School in Kitami City in 2010. She worked as a curler and office worker in Nagano Prefecture for Chubu Electric Power. This company has a women's curling team in Karuizawa, Nagano.

After returning to Kitami, she started working for a local company that supports her curling team. She is now an insurance agent.

In 2023, Fujisawa began bodybuilding and took part in the MOLA cup competition.

Grand Slam record

Fujisawa and her team became the first team from Asia to win a Grand Slam event. They won at the 2023 Canadian Open. Before this, China's Wang Bingyu had won the 2010 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, which was also a Slam at that time.

Former events

Teams

Women's

Mixed doubles