Katsuyuki Sakai
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| Date of birth | September 7, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Mie, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Katsuyuki Sakai (坂井 克行, Sakai Katsuyuki, born September 7, 1988) is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays for the Japanese club Toyota Industries Shuttles in the Top League. He also plays rugby sevens for Japan's national rugby sevens team and was named in their 2016 Summer Olympics squad.[1][2]
He captained the Japanese squad when they played at the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens and won the World Series Qualifier for the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.[3] He was also a member of the squad that won the 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "SAKAI Katsuyuki". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ Chan, Yuan-Kwan (2014-03-31). "Rugby: Japan wins Sevens World Series qualifying tournament". Meniscus Magazine. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ "Japan beats Hong Kong 24-10 in Asia Rugby sevens qualifying tournament to seal Rio 2016 berth". theprovince.com. 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
External links
[edit]- Katsuyuki Sakai at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Japan Rugby Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived August 23, 2016)
- Katsuyuki Sakai at Olympics.com
- Katsuyuki Sakai at Olympedia (archive)
- Katsuyuki Sakai at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mie Prefecture
- Japanese rugby union players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Japan
- Japanese rugby sevens players
- Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in rugby union
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Japan international rugby sevens players
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union wings