Hidetaka Sugimura
{{short description|Japanese Paralympic boccia player}}
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| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1982|03|01|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Itō, Shizuoka, Japan
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| sport = Boccia
| disability_class = BC2
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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2020 Tokyo|Individual BC2}}
{{Medal|Silver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team BC1–2}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2020 Tokyo|Mixed team BC1–2}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Para Games}}
{{Medal|Silver|2018 Jakarta|Team BC1–2}}
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{{nihongo|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.{{cite news |title=Japan boccia squad claims silver medal in Rio |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/09/13/olympics/japan-boccia-squad-claims-silver-medal-rio/ |access-date=12 December 2023 |publisher=Japan Times |date=13 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913123841/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/09/13/olympics/japan-boccia-squad-claims-silver-medal-rio/#.V9fzW-zP32c |archive-date=13 September 2016}}{{cite news |title=Japan clinches first medal in boccia at Rio Paralympics |url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160913/p2a/00m/0na/017000c |access-date=12 December 2023 |publisher=Mainichi Shimbun |date=13 September 2016}} During the 2020 Summer Paralympics, he won the gold medal in the individual BC1 event and a bronze medal at the mixed team event.{{Cite web |accessdate=1 September 2021 |title=Hidetaka Sugimura |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/boccia/athlete-profile-n1710972-sugimura-hidetaka.htm |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |archive-date=1 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901100733/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/boccia/athlete-profile-n1710972-sugimura-hidetaka.htm |url-status=dead}}
References
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Category:Sportspeople from Shizuoka Prefecture
Category:People from Itō, Shizuoka
Category:Paralympic medalists in boccia
Category:Boccia players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Category:Boccia players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:Boccia players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic boccia players for Japan
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Japan
Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Japan
Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Japan
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games
Category:Boccia players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
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