Hidetaka Sugimura
Japanese Paralympic boccia player
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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]
