Yasuko Kosuge (小菅 寧子, Kosuge Yasuko, born 26 May 1974) is a Japanese former windsurfer, who specialized in the RS:X class.[1] She was the country's top female windsurfer for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in thirteenth place.[2] A member of Toyama Sailing Federation, Kosuge trained most of her competitive sporting career for the national team.
Kosuge competed for the Japanese sailing squad, as a 34-year-old, in the inaugural women's RS:X class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She topped the selection criteria in a duel against the quota recipient Yuki Sunaga for the country's RS:X berth, based on her cumulative scores in a series of international regattas approved by the Japan Sailing Federation.[3] Kosuge enjoyed the initial half of the series with a couple of top ten marks recorded, before fading temporarily towards the middle of the fleet. She made a late surge to finish seventh on the final leg but fell short to enter the medal race by the narrowest margin, sitting her in thirteenth overall with 102 net points.[2][4]
^ ab"小菅13位で最終Ｒ進めず／セーリング" [Yasuko Kosuge finished thirteenth in windsurfing, fails to advance to the final race] (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^"セーリングの五輪代表に富沢＆小菅)" [Makoto Tomizawa and Yasuko Kosuge will compete in sailing] (in Japanese). Sponichi Annex. 20 January 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
