Taishu Sato
Japanese modern pentathlete
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Taishu Sato (Japanese: 佐藤 大宗, romanized: Satō Taishū, born 20 October 1993) is a Japanese modern pentathlete. He was a bronze medalist at the 2022 Asian Games and a silver medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Sato (center) at Paris 2024 Summer Olympians and Paralympians Japan National Team parade event on November 30th, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 October 1993[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Modern pentathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
He became Japanese national champion for the first time in 2021, scoring a tally of 1459 points.[2]
During the 2022 Pentathlon World Cup event in Budapest, Sato publicly protested the removal of the equestrian element in future modern pentathlon events by wearing a T-shirt at the fencing element of the competition with the slogan "Save Riding and Change The Rules”.[3] He won silver at the World Cup Final in the mixed relay in 2022.[4]
He was a bronze medalist in the men’s team event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. At the Games he finished in sixth place in the individual event.[5][6] He came in second place in the 2023 Modern Pentathlon World Cup leg in Sofia, Bulgaria.[7]
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and qualified first from his group for the final.[8]
