{{Short description|Japanese short-track speed-skater (born 1986)}} {{Infobox speed skater | name = Ayuko Ito | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|9|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Hamamatsu, Japan | height = 5 ft 3 in | weight = 119 lb | country = {{JPN}} | sport = Short track speed skating | club = | worlds = 2 | highestranking = 8 (1000m) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition |World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2013 Debrecen|3000 m relay}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Rotterdam|3000 m relay}} }}
{{Nihongo|'''Ayuko Ito'''|伊藤 亜由子|Itō Ayuko|born 29 September 1986}} is a Japanese short-track speed-skater.
Ito competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Japan. She finished third in her opening round race of the 1000 metres, failing to advance and placing 18th. She was also a member of the 3000 metre relay team, which finished third in the semifinals and fourth in the B Final, ending up seventh overall.<ref name="sportsrefprofile">{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Ayuko Ito |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/it/ayuko-ito-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210542/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/it/ayuko-ito-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
As of 2013, Ito has won one bronze medal at the World Championships, as a member of the Japanese relay team in 2013. Her best individual result is 9th, in the 2012 1500 metres.<ref name="isuprofile">{{cite web |title=ISU Biography |url=http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Bio.aspx?ath=6791 |website=shorttrack.sportresult.com}}{{dead link|date=June 2025}}</ref>
As of 2013, Ito has ten ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup podium finishes, all as part of the Japanese relay team. Her best result is a silver medal, achieved three times. Her best World Cup ranking is eighth, in the 1000 metres in 2011–12.<ref name=isuprofile/>
She also competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2018 Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/short-track-speed-skating/athlete-profile-n3014460-ayuko-ito.htm |title=Ayuko ITO |work=Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421120450/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/short-track-speed-skating/athlete-profile-n3014460-ayuko-ito.htm |archive-date=21 April 2018}}</ref>
==World Cup podiums== <ref name=isuprofile/> {|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" style="text-align:center" |- |Date !Season !Location !Rank !Event |- |28 October 2007 || 2007–08 || Kobe || {{bronze3}} || 3000m Relay |- |27 September 2009 || 2008–09 || Seoul || {{silver2}} || 3000m Relay |- |30 October 2011 || 2011–12 || Saguenay || {{bronze3}} || 3000m Relay |- |4 December 2011 || 2011–12 || Nagoya || {{silver2}} || 3000m Relay |- |11 December 2011 || 2011–12 || Shanghai || {{bronze3}} || 3000m Relay |- |12 February 2012 || 2011–12 || Dordrecht || {{bronze3}} || 3000m Relay |- |21 October 2012 || 2012–13 || Calgary || {{bronze3}} || 3000m Relay |- |28 October 2012 || 2012–13 || Montreal || {{bronze3}} || 3000m Relay |- |2 December 2012 || 2012–13 || Nagoya || {{bronze3}} || 3000m Relay |- |9 December 2012 || 2012–13 || Shanghai || {{silver2}} || 3000m Relay |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{ISU short track skater|new_id=ayuko-ito}} * [https://www.shorttrackonline.info/skaterbio.php?id=STJPN22909198601 Ayuko Ito] at ShortTrackOnLine.info * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|ayuko-ito}} * [https://tedxhamamatsu.com/en/speakers/ito-ayuko/ Ayuko Ito – TEDxHamamatsu] * {{Team Japan|olympic/pyeongchang/sports/shorttrack/team/itoayuko}}
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