Yui Sakai
Yui Sakai (Japanese酒井 裕 唯, Sakai Yui, born December 7, 1987 in Nagano Prefecture ) is a Japanese Shorttrackerin.
She denied her international debut at the Junior World Championship 2005 in Belgrade, where she reached over 1500 m as the best result the semi-finals. In the 2005/06 season finally Sakai started for the first time in the World Cup. Your best Saisanresultat remained a quarter-finals over 500m. At the Junior World Cup in Miercurea Ciuc she reached two semi-finals over 1500m and the relay. The 2006/07 season was unsuccessful for Sakai. She started at two World Cup races and the Junior World Championships in Mladá Boleslav, but could not survive the preliminaries. The following season, 2007/ 08 Sakai played in all World Cups and reached the best results over 1500 m twice a semi-final. She took part in Harbin at the World Team Championships, it was Sakai's first use in an international championship in the adult area. She took with her teammates finished seventh.
Successfully ran for the Sakai season 2009/10. In the World Cup, it reached more than 500 m even a B-final, with the season she won in Seoul rank two. In the World Team Championships in Bormio they missed in fourth just a medal. Sakai qualified for the Olympic Games in Vancouver. There, she dropped about 500 m from the lead, with the season they finished seventh. In the season 2010/11 Sakai further increased. About 500 m reached in Montreal for the first time a final, more than 1000 m, they placed themselves in Dresden in second place and took the first time in a single race, a podium, a. At the World Championships in Sheffield she reached the quarterfinals twice at the World Team Championships in Warsaw they only won the eighth and last place. In the season 2011/12 Sakai managed the final breakthrough into the international top. She reached over 500 m and 1000 m total of five podium finishes in the World Cup, including their first two World Cup victories. A further four podium finishes, she won in the relay. About 1000 meters, she won the World Cup discipline. Less successful was the World Championships in Shanghai. The finals in the race over 1500 m remained her best World Cup result.