Hidetaka Sugimura

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.

Hidetaka Sugimura

Personal information
Born	(1982-03-01) March 1, 1982 (age 43) Itō, Shizuoka, Japan
Sport
Sport	Boccia
Disability class	BC2
Medal record Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo Individual BC2 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team BC1–2 2020 Tokyo Mixed team BC1–2 Asian Para Games 2018 Jakarta Team BC1–2

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]