SUGIMOTO Risa

Date of Birth: 1 Aug 1994

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.61/5'3''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Squash	Women's Team JPN Japan	5
	Mixed Doubles JPN Japan1	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Squash Court 2	Women's Team Pool A #2 JPN Japan 3 THA Thailand 0	Finished
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Squash Court 2	Women's Team Pool A #23 JPN Japan 3 MGL Mongolia 0	Finished
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Squash Court 1	Women's Team Pool A #32 HKG Hong Kong, China 2 JPN Japan 1	Finished
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Squash Court 3	Women's Team Pool A #42 JPN Japan 1 KOR Republic of Korea 2	Finished
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Squash Court 6	Mixed Doubles Pool A #83 JPN Japan1 11 11 2 PAK Pakistan2 8 6 0	Finished
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Squash Court 7	Mixed Doubles Pool A #97 JPN Japan1 11 10 6 1 KOR Republic of Korea2 8 11 11 2	Finished
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Squash Court 7	Mixed Doubles Pool A #112 IND India2 11 11 2 JPN Japan1 5 5 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Asian Games
3	Women's Team	2018	Indonesia
World Team Championships
11	Women's Team	2022	Cairo, EGY
11	Women's Team	2018	Dalian, CHN
11	Women's Team	2016	Paris, FRA
18	Women's Team	2012	Nimes, FRA
Asian Individual Championships
17	Women's Singles	2019	Kuala Lumpur, MAS

Occupation:

Sports Science - Juntendo University, Japan

Languages spoken:

StandOut Kyoto [Japan]

Jun Matsumoto [national]

Right (baseball-license, 12 May 2018)

In May 2022 she underwent surgery on her left knee after she injured her meniscus while competing in Japan. (Instagram profile, 10 Sep 2022; Ameba profile, 11 May 2022)

She began playing squash at age six in Hikone, Japan. (baseball-license, 12 May 2018; gaido, 11 Mar 2009)

Her mother encouraged her to take up squash. (baseball-license, 12 May 2018)

To win a gold medal at the Asian Games. (karadapro, 2015)

Philosophy:

"I do not compromise. I'll do something if I decide to do something." (qandasports, 2016)

Additional Information

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2022 she was appointed as a board member of the Japan Squash Association [JSA], with her term due to finish in 2023. (Ameba profile, 06 Jul 2022; squash, 29 Jun 2022, 19 Jun 2022)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She studied for a postgraduate degree at Juntendo University in Tokyo, Japan. (Twitter profile, 09 Sep 2023; juntendo, 12 Sep 2019)

SUPPORT OF FAMILY
Her father built a squash court to help her train during her early years in the sport. "When I was in junior high school, the squash court where I had practised since I was six years old closed, so my father made a squash court on the second floor of the company office, where he practised with me every day." (karadapro, 2015; azrena, 11 May 2015)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event