Hidetaka Sugimura

Hidetaka Sugimura
Personal information
Born (1982-03-01) March 1, 1982 (age 42)
Itō, Shizuoka, Japan
Sport
SportBoccia
Disability classBC2
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Individual BC2
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team BC1–2
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team BC1–2
Asian Para Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta Team BC1–2

Hidetaka Sugimura (杉村英孝, Sugimura Hidetaka, born March 1, 1982) is a Japanese boccia player. He has represented Japan since 2010 and in the Summer Paralympics since 2012.

Career

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Sugimura and his teammates Yuriko Fujii, Takayuki Hirose and Takayuki Kitani helped secure Japan's first ever silver medal in Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[1][2] During the 2020 Summer Paralympics, he won the gold medal in the individual BC1 event and a bronze medal at the mixed team event.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Japan boccia squad claims silver medal in Rio". Japan Times. 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Japan clinches first medal in boccia at Rio Paralympics". Mainichi Shimbun. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Hidetaka Sugimura". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.