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Kaori Sakamoto (坂本花織, Sakamoto Kaori, born April 9, 2000) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2022 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time World champion (2022, 2023, 2024), the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final champion, the 2018 Four Continents champion, a five-time ISU Grand Prix champion, and a four-time Japanese national champion.
Mar 30, 2024 · Sakamoto Kaori on mission accomplished at Worlds: 'The three-peat was something I targeted all year' - Exclusive. The Japanese star opens up on what it means to go three-from-three, how she sees her standing among Japan’s female skating greats, the 2026 Winter Olympic Games – and more.
- Nick Mccarvel
Mar 23, 2024 · Kaori Sakamoto won her third straight figure skating world championship Friday in Montreal, becoming the first woman to achieve a singles "three-peat" since 1968.
Mar 22, 2024 · Kaori Sakamoto of Japan made history by becoming the first woman to three-peat as world champion since 1968. She led a podium sweep by Asian skaters, while Canada's Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier earned bronze in ice dance.
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- Daniel Rainbird
Mar 24, 2023 · Kaori Sakamoto poses with her gold medal after winning the women's singles competition at the 2023 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama on Friday. | REUTERS
- Dan Orlowitz
Mar 25, 2022 · A bronze medallist at last month's Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, Sakamoto scored a 236.09 to win going away, becoming just the sixth Japanese woman in history to win a world championships title - and the first since Asada Mao in 2014.
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Nov 18, 2023 · World champion Kaori Sakamoto has secured her place at figure skating’s Grand Prix Finals with her second series win of the season at Grand Prix Espoo.
