Masanori Sugiura

Masanori Sugiura
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's baseball
Summer Olympics
Bronze medal – third placeBarcelona 1992Team
Silver medal – second placeAtlanta 1996Team
Asian Baseball Championship
Gold medal – first placeBeijing 1991Team
Gold medal – first placeKurashiki 1995Team
Baseball World Cup
Bronze medal – third placeManagua 1994Team
Intercontinental Cup
Bronze medal – third placeItaly 1993Team
Silver medal – second placeHavana 1995Team
Gold medal – first placeBarcelona 1997Team
Bronze medal – third placeSydney 1999Team

Masanori Sugiura (杉浦 正則, born May 23, 1968) is a retired Japanese Olympic baseball player from Kudoyama, Wakayama, Japan.

Sugiura was the ace pitcher of the Nippon Life Insurance Company baseball team, and was chosen to join the Japanese national team in the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal. He returned to the olympics four years later, winning a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1] Professional players were allowed to participate in the 2000 Summer Olympics, but Sugiura was still chosen as the captain of the Japanese national team, and the captain of the entire Japanese olympic team in 2000 Summer Olympics. The Japanese team did not win a medal that year.

Sugiura refused numerous offers to join the Japanese professional leagues and retired in 2000. The Nippon Life Insurance Company baseball team won the Intercity Baseball Tournament twice during the 10 years Sugiura played with the team. He also marked a record five career wins in the olympic tournaments.

He served as a pitching coach for his team from 2001 to 2004 and became the manager in 2006.

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