SATO Eiken

Date of Birth: 8 Jan 1986

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Place of residence : GERMANY

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Equestrian	Jumping Team JPN Japan
	Jumping Individual	25

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Equestrian Park	Jumping Individual Qualifier	Finished
	Equestrian Park	Jumping Individual Final	Finished
	Equestrian Park	Jumping Team Qualifier	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Jumping Individual
2008	Beijing, CHN	45

World Equestrian Games

Year	Location	Jumping Individual	Jumping Team
2010	Lexington, KY, USA	102	14
2006	Aachen, GER	102	18

Legend
NS - Not Started, DSQ - Disqualified, RT - Retired, WD - Withdrawn, EL - Eliminated

Occupation:

Athlete, Horse Trainer

Two sons, one daughter

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Sportclub Paul Schockemohle [GER] / Myoshoji Equestrian Park [JPN]

Paul Schockemohle, GER

Sporting relatives:

His older brother Kenki represented Japan in equestrian eventing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. His younger sister Tae has competed in jumping at World Cup events, and won silver in team eventing at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Republic of Korea. His father Masamichi Sato was named in the Japanese national equestrian team for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow but was unable to take part as Japan boycotted the event. (SportsDeskOnline, 08 Dec 2020; Instagram profile, 17 Nov 2019; bukkyo-kikaku.com, 04 Aug 2016; joc.or.jp, 19 Sep 2014; shinmai.co.jp, 20 Jul 2012; joc.or.jp, 31 Aug 2008)

He began riding at age eight. (mcmedia.co.jp, 12 Sep 2010)

He and his siblings were encouraged to take up the sport by his father, who was a farmer and spent a lot of time with horses. (Sunshinetourvejer YouTube channel, 08 Mar 2020; mcmedia.co.jp, 12 Sep 2010)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (dehoefslag.nl, 06 Jul 2019)

Japanese equestrian jumper Taizo Sugitani. (mcmedia.co.jp, 01 Jan 2008)

General Interest

General
BREAK AND RETURN
He moved to Belgium at age 18 and joined Stephex Stables to the north of Brussels in 2010. He left the stables in 2014 to return to Japan in order to take care of his father and spend more time with his wife and son. He returned to competition in 2019, because he was motivated by the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He later relocated to Germany to work with German rider Paul Schockemohle. "Actually Paul contacted me regularly. But I was busy with my company, so I didn't have a chance to come back to Europe. Once my company was doing well and I got some help from my family, I said, 'Okay, I'll give it one more go'." (Sunshinetourvejer YouTube channel, 08 Mar 2020; equinet.co.jp, 24 Dec 2019; dehoefslag.nl, 06 Jul 2019; horse-international.com, 07 Mar 2019; grandprix-replay.com, 05 Mar 2019; equnews.com, 04 Mar 2019; st-georg.de, 16 Mar 2017; phelpssports.com, 09 Mar 2014)

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONER
He has practised as a monk at Myoshoji Temple in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. (abn-tv.co.jp, 24 Jun 2017)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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