is a Japanese boccia player. He has represented Japan since 2010 and in the

Summer Paralympics The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral ...

since 2012.

Career

Sugimura and his teammates

Yuriko Fujii Yuriko Fujii is a Japanese boccia player. She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the mixed pairs BC1-2 boccia event and a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the mixed team BC1-2 boccia event. Career Fujii and her t ...

, Takayuki Hirose and Takayuki Kitani helped secure Japan's first ever silver medal in Boccia at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

. During the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

, he won the gold medal in the individual BC1 event and a bronze medal at the mixed team event.

References

1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Shizuoka Prefecture Paralympic medalists in boccia Boccia players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Boccia players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Boccia players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic boccia players for Japan Paralympic gold medalists for Japan Paralympic silver medalists for Japan Paralympic bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games {{Japan-sport-bio-stub