Hidetaka Sugimura
Personal information | |
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Born | Itō, Shizuoka, Japan | March 1, 1982
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Sport | Boccia |
Disability class | BC2 |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Japan clinches first medal in boccia at Rio Paralympics". Mainichi Shimbun. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "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.