Akiko Sugino

Akiko Sugino (杉野 明子, Sugino Akiko, born December 7, 1990) is a Japanese para-badminton player who competes in international level events. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Sugino won a bronze medal in the women's singles^[1] and mixed doubles events.^[2] Sugino is also a former world champion in the women's singles SU5 discipline.

Akiko Sugino 杉野 明子
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1990-12-07) December 7, 1990 (age 32) Ichihara, Chiba, Japan
Women's singles SU5 Women's doubles SL3–SU5 Mixed doubles SL3–SU5
Highest ranking	1 (WS 19 July 2022) 15 (WD with Noriko Ito 1 April 2019) 3 (XD with Toshiaki Suenaga 1 January 2019)
Current ranking	3 (WS) 52 (WD with Noriko Ito) 7 (XD with Daisuke Fujihara) (8 November 2022)
Medal record Para-badminton Representing  Japan Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo Women's singles 2020 Tokyo Mixed doubles World Championships 2011 Guatemala City Women's singles 2011 Guatemala City Mixed doubles 2017 Ulsan Women's doubles 2013 Dortmund Women's singles 2017 Ulsan Mixed doubles 2019 Basel Mixed doubles Asian Para Games 2014 Incheon Women's doubles 2018 Jakarta Mixed doubles Asian Championships 2016 Beijing Mixed doubles 2016 Beijing Women's doubles

Personal life

Sugino has a disability in her left arm.^[3] She encountered and started playing para-badminton when she was in high school and later competed in able-bodied tournaments.^[4]

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Kaede Kameyama	21–16, 6–21, 21–13	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Daisuke Fujihara	Pramod Bhagat   Palak Kohli	23–21, 21–19	Bronze

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Guatemala City, Guatemala	Yuko Yamaguchi	21–7, 21–15	Gold
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Mamiko Toyoda	21–11, 14–21, 23–25	Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Parul Parmar	Cheng Hefang   Ma Huihui	21–16, 21–19	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011^[a]	Guatemala City, Guatemala	Loi Lang Yean	Yusuke Yamaguchi   Yuko Yamaguchi	21–13, 21–19	Gold
			Daisuke Fujihara   Aki Takahashi	21–18, 21–10
			Chan Cho Leung   Heo Sun-hee	21–13, 15–21, 21–18
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Toshiaki Suenaga	Yang Jianyuan   Yang Qiuxia	11–21, 17–21	Bronze
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Toshiaki Suenaga	Jan Niklas-Pott   Katrin Seibert	21–19, 14–21, 19–21	Bronze

Asian Para Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014^[b]	Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Noriko Ito	Leani Ratri Oktila   Khalimatus Sadiyah	17–21, 21–18, 21–19	Bronze
			Nipada Saensupa   Chanida Srinavakul	21–19, 14–21, 22–24
			Cheng Hefang   Ma Huihui	11–21, 12–21
			Wandee Kamtam   Sudsaifon Yodpa	17–21, 21–9, 21–6

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Toshiaki Suenaga	Siripong Teamarrom   Nipada Saensupa	18–21, 21–19, 14–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016^[c]	China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China	Asami Yamada	Cheng Hefang   Ma Huihui	10–21, 11–21	Silver
			Chiranjita Bharali   Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	21–8, 21–4
			Parul Parmar   Khalimatus Sadiyah	21–15^r

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China	Toshiaki Suenaga	Ou Wei   Cheng Hefang	21–19, 19–21, 22–20	Gold

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.^[5][6]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 1	Kaede Kameyama	21–14, 12–21, 21–19	Winner
2022	Dubai Para Badminton International	Level 2	Manisha Ramdass	17–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2022	Canada Para Badminton International	Level 1	Manisha Ramdass	25–27, 9–21	Runner-up
2022	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Cathrine Rosengren	13–21, 12–12 retired	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Daisuke Fujihara	Chirag Baretha   Mandeep Kaur	22–20, 21–19	Winner
2022	Canada Para Badminton International	Level 1	Daisuke Fujihara	Taiyo Imai   Noriko Ito	16–21, 10–21	Runner-up

International Tournaments (7 titles, 8 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015^[d]	Indonesia Para Badminton International	Mamiko Toyoda	9–21, 22–20, 18–21	Runner-up
		Larti	21–7, 21–11
		Zehra Bağlar	21–7, 21–5
		Norrizah Rahim	21–14, 21–15
2016^[e]	Colombia Para Badminton International	Laura Johana	21–6, 21–6	Winner
		Abinaecia Maria da Silva	21–4, 21–1
		Cintya Oliveira	21–9, 21–5
2017^[f]	Peru Para Badminton International	Mikaela Costa Almeida	21–6, 21–8	Winner
		Mamiko Toyoda	21–19, 19–21, 21–16
		Cintya Oliveira	21–11, 21–7
		Laura Johana	21–3, 21–6
2017	USA Para Badminton International	Mamiko Toyoda	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2018	Spanish Para Badminton International	Mamiko Toyoda	16–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2018	Brazil Para Badminton International	Ayako Suzuki	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	Japan Para Badminton International	Ayako Suzuki	15–21, 5–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Peru Para Badminton International	Asami Yamada	Cássia Angélica Morais   Cintya Oliveira	21–3, 21–5	Winner
2018	Brazil Para Badminton International	Noriko Ito	Abinaecia Maria da Silva   Mamiko Toyoda	20–22, 21–17, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016^[g]	Colombia Para Badminton International	Daisuke Fujihara	Rolando Bello Rodríguez   Laura Johana	21–10, 21–3	Winner
			Eduardo Oliveira   Abinaecia Maria da Silva	21–7, 21–8
			Leonardo Zuffo   Cintya Oliveira	21–3, 21–14
2017	USA Para Badminton International	Toshiaki Suenaga	Taku Hiroi   Mamiko Toyoda	21–19, 21–13	Winner
2018	Turkish Para Badminton International	Toshiaki Suenaga	Siripong Teamarrom   Nipada Saensupa	12–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Brazil Para Badminton International	Toshiaki Suenaga	Taiyo Imai   Asami Yamada	21–9, 21–17	Winner
2018	Japan Para Badminton International	Toshiaki Suenaga	Siripong Teamarrom   Chanida Srinavakul	21–15, 21–18	Winner
2021	Spanish Para Badminton International	Daisuke Fujihara	Lucas Mazur   Faustine Noël	12–21, 8–21	Runner-up

References

1. "Paralympics: Badminton history for Satomi as Kunieda gets his gold". Kyodo News. September 4, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
2. "2021 Paralympics: Indian duo Pramod Bhagat and Palak Kohli loses to Fujihara Daisuke and Sugino Akiko of Japan in bronze medal contest". Sportskeeda. September 5, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
3. 日本放送協会. "杉野明子のプロフィール｜パラバドミントン｜東京オリンピックパラリンピック". www3.nhk.or.jp. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
4. "杉野明子のwikiプロフィール経歴と年齢や出身高校中学！障害や結婚彼氏も【東京パラリンピック】｜オリ調". オリ調 (in Japanese). 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
5. "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022.
6. "BWF Para Tournamentsoftware". Badminton World Federation. 11 July 2022.

Notes

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