Aiko Uemura

• Sport: Olympic Freestyle Skiing
• Nation: Japan
• DOB: December 9, 1979
• Career Highlights: Uemura has had strong performances in her three Olympic appearances, finishing fifth in 2006 at Turin, sixth in ’02 at Salt Lake City and seventh in ’98 at Nagano. … Won gold in the moguls and dual moguls at the World Ski Championships at Inawashiro, Japan, in August and September, becoming the first Japanese woman to win a World Cup title in skiing. … Took the top spot in the moguls at a World Cup event in Canada on Jan. 24.
• Olympic History: 2006,2002,1998