Shoji Sato

Infobox Badminton player


playername = Shoji Sato
caption =
birth_name = 佐藤翔冶
date_of_birth = birth date and age|1982|9|19
place_of_birth = Higashimurayama, Tokyo [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/shoji-sato-1.html]
height =
weight =
event = Men's Singles
highest_ranking =
date_of_highest_ranking =
current_ranking = 12
date_of_current_ranking = July 5, 2007
country = JPN
coach =
handedness = Right
best_result =
bwf_id = 50658

Shoji Sato (佐藤翔冶; born September 19, 1982) is a male badminton player from Japan.

Shoji Sato is regarded as one of the fastest on foot players in the world. Fact|date=July 2007

Career

He won four Japanese National Championships in a row between 2003 and 2006.

Sato played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Bao Chunlai of China.

----"Shoji played at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won Men's Singles Round of 32 - Match 4 (JPN vs IND)"

External links

* [http://www.joc.or.jp/athens/athlete/badminton/satoshoji.html Japanese-language page] for Shoji Sato, including photograph.