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{{Infobox skier <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ski -->
| name              = Yugo Tsukita
| fullname          = 
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1976|7|18}}
| birth_place       = [[Ishikari]], [[Japan]]
| death_place       = 
| wins              = 1
| totalpodiums      = 11
| medaltemplates    = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[freestyle skiing]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2003|2003 Deer Valley]] | Dual moguls }}
| updated           = March 2, 2013
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Yugo Tsukita'''|附田雄剛|Tsukita Yūgo|born July 18, 1976 in [[Ishikari]]}} is a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[freestyle skiing|freestyle skier]], specializing in  [[Mogul skiing|moguls]].<ref name="fisprofile">[http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=FS&listid=&competitorid=62593 FIS Profile]</ref>

Tsukita competed at the [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998]], [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002]], [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] and [[2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Winter Olympics]] for Japan. His best performance came in 2002, when he qualified for the [[Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls|moguls]] final, finishing 16th. He also advanced to the final in [[Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls|2010]], finishing 17th. In [[Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls|1998]], he finished 18th in the qualifying round, and did not advance. In [[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls|2006]], he finished 33rd in the qualifying round, and did not advance.<ref name="sportsrefprofile">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ts/yugo-tsukita-1.html |ttle= Yugo Tsukita}}</ref>

As of February 2013, he has won one medal at the [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships|World Championships]], a silver in the [[FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2003|2003]] dual moguls event.<ref name=fisprofile />

Tsukita made his [[FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup|World Cup]] debut in January 1995. As of February 2013, he has won one World Cup event, a Dual Moguls competition at [[Madarao]] in [[1999–00 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup|1999/00]]. Altogether, he has eleven World Cup medals, his first coming at [[Whistler Blackcomb|Blackcomb]] in [[1996–97 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup|1996/97]]. His best World Cup finish is 10th, in [[2008–09 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup|2008/09]].<ref name=fisprofile />

==World Cup Podiums==
<ref name=fisprofile />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" style="text-align:center"
|-
| Date
! Location
! Rank
! Event
|-
| January 18, 1997 || [[Whistler Blackcomb|Blackcomb]] || {{Silver2}} || [[Mogul skiing|Dual moguls]]
|-
| January 24, 1998 || [[Whistler Blackcomb|Blackcomb]] || {{Bronze3}} || [[Mogul skiing|Moguls]]
|-
| January 29, 2000 || [[Madarao]] || {{Gold1}} || [[Mogul skiing|Dual moguls]]
|-
| February 5, 2000 || [[Inawashiro]] || {{Silver2}} || [[Mogul skiing|Moguls]]
|-
| March 16, 2000 || [[Livigno]] || {{Bronze3}} || [[Mogul skiing|Dual moguls]]
|-
| February 10, 2001 || [[Iizuna Kogen Ski Area|Iizuna Kogen]] || {{Silver2}} || [[Mogul skiing|Dual moguls]]
|-
| March 3, 2002 || [[Inawashiro]] || {{Bronze3}} || [[Mogul skiing|Moguls]]
|-
| March 9, 2002 || [[Madarao]] || {{Bronze3}} || [[Mogul skiing|Dual moguls]]
|-
| December 14, 2005 || [[Tignes]] || {{Silver2}} || [[Mogul skiing|Moguls]]
|-
| February 17, 2007 || [[Inawashiro]] || {{Bronze3}} || [[Mogul skiing|Moguls]]
|-
| February 7, 2009 || [[Cypress Mountain]] || {{Silver2}} || [[Mogul skiing|Moguls]]
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Japanese male freestyle skiers]]
[[Category:Olympic freestyle skiers of Japan]]
[[Category:Freestyle skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2003 Asian Winter Games]]
[[Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2011 Asian Winter Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in freestyle skiing]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Hokkaido]]
[[Category:People from Hokkaido]]


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