SUGIHARA Aiko

Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
19 Sep 1999
21
Female
1.52/4'11''
HIGASHIOSAKA
 
Japan
HIGASHIOSAKA
 
Japan

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
GAR Artistic Gymnastics Women's All-Around  
Women's Vault  
Women's Uneven Bars  
Women's Balance Beam  
Women's Floor Exercise  
Women's Team
JPN
Japan
 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Women
Women's Team Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationBBFXUBAATeam
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA252133264

World Championships
YearLocationBBFXUBAATeam
2019Stuttgart, GER--52-11
2018Doha, QAT----6
2017Montreal, QC, CAN1910266-
2015Glasgow, GBR86-25-5

World Cup overview - Best rank per season and event since 2017
YearAA
20191 x 4th
20181 x 6th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventLocationResult
42019All-AroundTokyo, JPN51.966
62018All-AroundTokyo, JPN51.933


Legend
BB - Balance Beam, FX - Floor Excercise, UB - Uneven Bars, VT - Vault, AA - Individual All-Around, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified
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Twist Princess (nikkansports.com, 31 Jul 2015)
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Listening to music. (tv-asahi.co.jp, 05 Sep 2019)
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Student
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Sports Science - Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, JPN
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Japanese
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Mukogawa Women's University [Nishinomiya, JPN]
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Kazukuni Ono [club], JPN; Hikaru Tanaka [national], JPN
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2015 for Japan (nikkansports.com, 31 Jul 2015)
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She sustained an injury to her left ankle at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, and withdrew from the balance beam during the team event. (sanspo.com, 06 Oct 2019)

Back pain caused her to withdraw from competition at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (thegymter.net, 07 Jan 2019; nikkei.com, 16 Jun 2019)

In June 2018 she had an operation on her left knee in order to remove damaged cartilage. (sanspo.com, 15 Sep 2018)

In February 2018 she injured her right ankle and was sidelined for three weeks. (sankei.com, 03 Apr 2018)
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2015 (sanspo.com, 18 May 2015)
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She took up the sport at age four in Osaka, Japan. (sanspo.com, 18 May 2015)
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She was influenced by her parents and older sister, who were involved in the sport. (hochi.co.jp, 18 May 2015; mukogawa-u.ac.jp, 16 Feb 2020; mt.kobe-np.co.jp, 05 Jan 2020)
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To win a medal in the team event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (YTV, 13 Jan 2020)
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Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu. (tv-asahi.co.jp, 05 Sep 2019)
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Her family. (nikkei.com, 16 Jun 2019)
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In 2019 she was given the Hyogo Prefecture Sports Excellence Award in Japan. (hyogo-c.ed.jp, 13 Feb 2020)

In 2017 she received the Artistic Gymnastics Project Award at the TV Asahi Big Sports Awards in Japan. (jpn-gym.or.jp, 14 Jan 2018)

In 2015 she received the Osaka Sports Excellence Award in Japan. (pref.osaka.lg.jp, 16 Sep 2015)

General Interest

General
RETURN TO HOME
She moved to Tokyo, Japan, from her hometown of Higashiosaka in 2016. In 2019 she returned to Higashiosaka and entered Mukogawa Women's University after leaving the Asahi Mutual Life Insurance team based in Tokyo. "I am grateful to be at home, as I can eat nutritionally balanced meals made by my mother, and share a room with my sister." (nikkei.com, 16 Jun 2019; ytv-athlete.jp, 10 Jul 2019)

NAMED ELEMENT
In December 2017 'The Sugihara' was added to the Code of Points for the balance beam by the International Gymnastics Federation [FIG]. The element, first performed by her at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada, involves a double [720 degree] turn with free leg held at 180 degree split throughout the turn and has an 'E' value. (fig-gymnastics.com, 15 Dec 2017)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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