Satsuki Fujisawa

Satsuki Fujisawa (藤澤 五月, Fujisawa Satsuki; born 24 May 1991) is a Japanese curler from Kitami, Hokkaido. She has achieved great success in her sport, winning the Japanese national championship six times as a skip.

Fujisawa led her team to win a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and followed that with a silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Her impressive performances have made her a key figure in Japanese curling.

Currently, she serves as the skip for the Loco Solare curling team, continuing to inspire many with her skill and leadership on the ice.

Career

Satsuki Fujisawa began her curling career by winning the Pacific Junior Curling Championships in 2008 and 2009. These wins helped her team earn spots in the World Junior Curling Championships, where they placed seventh and tenth in those years.

Fujisawa has won the Japanese national championship six times. She led her team to a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Over the years, she has competed in many international events, including the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships and the World Women's Curling Championship. Her team has also participated in several World Curling Tour events, winning multiple times and earning spots in various playoffs.

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, representing Japan at 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 then worked as a curler and office worker in Nagano Prefecture for Chubu Electric Power, a company with a women's curling team in Karuizawa, Nagano. After returning to Kitami, she started working for a local company that supports her curling team and 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 made history by becoming the first team from Asia to win a Grand Slam event, doing so at the 2023 Canadian Open. Before this, China's Wang Bingyu had won the 2010 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, which was also considered a Slam at that time.

Former events

Teams

Women's

Mixed doubles