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

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

  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.


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