SUGIMOTO Sayuri

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Group AA
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	8

World Championships

Year	Location	Group AA	Gr-5C	Gr-5H	Gr-5Ri	Gr-5B	Gr-3B/2Ri	Gr-3B/2Ro	Gr-3C/2H	Gr-3H/2C
2019	Baku, AZE	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2
2018	Sofia, BUL	5	-	2	-	-	-	4	-	-
2017	Pesaro, ITA	3	-	3	-	-	-	2	-	-
2015	Stuttgart, GER	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	-
2014	Izmir, TUR	8	12	-	-	-	7	-	-	-
2013	Kiev, UKR	8	8	-	-	-	7	-	-	-

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Group AA	Gr-5H	Gr-3B/2Ro
2017	Astana, KAZ	1	1	1

World Cup overview - Best rank per season and event since 2017

Year	Group AA	Gr-5B	Gr-5H	Gr-3B/2Ro	Gr-3H/2C	Gr-3H/4C
2021	1 x 3rd	1 x 2nd	-	-	1 x 6th	1 x 2nd
2019	1 x 1st	2 x 2nd	-	-	2 x 4th	1 x 3rd
2018	1 x 2nd	-	1 x 2nd	1 x 1st	-	-
2017	1 x 6th	-	1 x 4th	1 x 5th	-	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2019	Group All-Around	Baku, AZE	49.250
1	2018	Group - 3x Ball + 2x Rope	Sofia, BUL	18.800
2	2021	Group - 5x Ball	Sofia, BUL	39.700
2	2021	Group - 3x Hoop + 4x Clubs	Sofia, BUL	35.800
2	2019	Group - 5x Ball	Baku, AZE	24.450
2	2019	Group - 5x Ball	Sofia, BUL	23.250
2	2018	Group All-Around	Sofia, BUL	38.700
2	2018	Group - 5x Hoop	Sofia, BUL	19.800
2	2018	Group - 3x Ball + 2x Rope	Baku, AZE	18.000
3	2021	Group All-Around	Sofia, BUL	70.650
3	2021	Group - 5x Ball	Pesaro, ITA	43.800
3	2019	Group All-Around	Sofia, BUL	46.800
3	2019	Group - 5x Ball	Pesaro, ITA	24.950
3	2019	Group - 3x Hoop + 4x Clubs	Sofia, BUL	23.600
3	2018	Group All-Around	Baku, AZE	35.550

Legend
Indv. - Individual, Gr - Group, AA - All-Around, B - Ball, H - Hoop, C - Clubs, Ri - Ribbon, Ro - Rope, 5B - 5x Ball, 3H/2C - 3x Hoop + 2x Clubs, 3H/4C - 3x Hoop + 4x Clubs

Athlete, Office Worker

Physical Education - Nippon Sport Science University, Setagaya, JPN

Japanese

Minami Gymnastics Club [JPN] / Toyota Motor Corporation [JPN]

Hiroko Yamasaki [national], JPN

Her older sister Takae Sugimoto has competed in rhythmic gymnastics at national level in Japan. (gymmedia.de, 22 Oct 2007; global.toyota, 15 May 2019)

She injured a muscle in her right leg during the official training session at the 2018 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She was still able to compete at the event. (nhk.or.jp, 27 Sep 2018)

2013 (stepone-m.co.jp, 11 Jan 2013)

She began the sport at age five. (mainichi.jp, 20 Nov 2017)

She was influenced by her older sister to take up rhythmic gymnastics. (global.toyota, 15 May 2019)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympics.com, 09 May 2021, 09 May 2021)

She trains for more than eight hours a day. (olympics.com, 09 May 2021)

Her parents. (tv-asahi.co.jp, 01 Jul 2018)

Her sister Takae Sugimoto. (global.toyota, 15 May 2019)

In 2019 she and her teammates [Rie Matsubara, Nanami Takenaka, Ayuka Suzuki, Sakura Noshitani and Kiko Yokota] were presented with the Best Gymnast Award by the Japan Gymnastics Association. They became the first Japanese team in 44 years to win a medal in the group all-around event at the world championships following their silver at the 2019 edition in Baku, Azerbaijan. (jiji.com, 21 Dec 2019; number.bunshun.jp, 11 Jan 2020)

In 2018 she received the Aichi Sports Achievement Award in Japan. (pref.aichi.jp, 20 Feb 2019)

In 2014 she was presented with a Sports Glory Award by the Aichi Sports Association in Japan. (stepone-m.co.jp, 08 Aug 2014)