Risa Sugawara

Sugawara Risa
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1977-08-15) 15 August 1977
Saitama, Japan
Sport
SportGymnastics
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place1994 HiroshimaTeam
Silver medal – second place1998 BangkokTeam
Bronze medal – third place1998 BangkokAll-Around
Bronze medal – third place1998 BangkokFloor Exercise

Lisa Toyoshima (豊島リサ, Toyoshima Risa), née Risa Sugawara (菅原リサ, Sugawara Risa), is a Japanese gymnastics coach and former artistic gymnast.[1] She was a five-time all-around national champion and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where she finished 29th in the individual all around.[2][3]

Personal life

Sugawara was born in Toda, Saitama. Her parents were both gymnasts; her father, Hiroshi Sugawara won a silver team medal at the men's gymnastics event at the 1974 Asian Games, and her mother, Takako Hasegawa, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[4] Her older brother, Fumihito Sugawara, is a politician who became the mayor of Toda in 2018.[5] When she was an active gymnast, she looked up to teammate Mari Kosuge.[6]

Career

She began gymnastics at the Toda Sports Center, where her parents coached.[1] In 1994, she won her first national all-around title.[2] She also competed at the 1994 Asian Games and the 1998 Asian Games, where she won silver medals with the team.[7]

In 1996, Sugawara entered Nippon Sport Science University.[6] That year, she tied for Japanese champion with Yuki Ohata.[2] She represented Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics and finished 29th in the individual all-around.[3]

From 1997–1999, she won an additional three all-around national titles in a row.[2] At the 1997 Summer Universiade, she won gold in the balance beam and floor finals, along with a silver on uneven bars and a bronze medal in the team event. At the 1998 Asian Games, she again won silver with the Japanese team. She also won individual bronze medals in the all-around and on the floor event.

Sugawara retired in 1999 due to injuries.[8] She spent three years studying abroad at the Australian Institute of Sport. She now works as a coach in Toda and has two children.[1] Her students include Olympians Hiraiwa Yuna and Rina Kishi. She has also spoken about her struggles with disordered eating to maintain her body weight during her time as a gymnast and the changing trend in women's gymnastics toward building more muscle in order to complete difficult elements.[4]

Competition history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
1989Aloha Gymfest102nd place, silver medalist(s)
Japanese Championships20
1990Japanese Championships106
NHK Cup11
1991Aloha Gymfest3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Blume Memorial31
1992Gander Memorial6
Japanese Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
NHK Cup7
Pacific Alliance Championships7466
Swiss Cup6
1993Chunichi Cup54657
East Asian Games3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Japanese Championships451st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
JPN-USA Dual Meet2nd place, silver medalist(s)4
NHK Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tokyo Cup748
World Championships30
1994McDonald's American Cup14
Asian Games2nd place, silver medalist(s)543rd place, bronze medalist(s)5
Chunichi Cup5
Fukuoka Cup6456
International Mixed Pairs13
Japanese Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
1995Aloha Gymfest1st place, gold medalist(s)
Chunichi Cup66876
Gander Memorial7
Japanese Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pre-Olympics Test Event14
World Championships1028
1996Chunichi Cup41st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Japanese Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
NHK Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Olympic Games1229
1997Visa American Cup10
Chunichi Cup46454
Japanese Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)82nd place, silver medalist(s)
NHK Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pitari Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
Summer Universiade3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lausanne World Championships925
1998American Classic33
Visa American Cup17
Asian Games2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)543rd place, bronze medalist(s)
China Cup103rd place, bronze medalist(s)8
Chunichi Cup56465
Japanese Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
NHK Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pacific Alliance Championships3176
World Cup Final75
1999Japanese Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
NHK Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships1318

References

  1. 1 2 3 "コーチ紹介" [Introduction to the Coaches]. Toda Sports Club (in Japanese).
  2. 1 2 3 4 "全日本選手権大会歴代優勝チーム・個人総合優勝者" [All-Japan Championships team and individual all-around winners] (PDF). Japan Gymnastics Association (in Japanese). June 2023.
  3. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Risa Sugawara Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. 1 2 "女子体操界のエースだった菅原リサさん「知識もないまま無茶していた」" [Sugawara Risa, former ace of women's gymnastics: "I didn't know anything and went to extremes"]. デイリー新潮 (in Japanese). 12 December 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "戸田っ子の活躍" [A Toda Kid's Efforts]. sugawarafumihito.com (in Japanese). 21 May 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  6. 1 2 "菅原 リサ｜体操・体操競技｜アトランタ1996" [Sugawara Risa | Gymnastics - Artistic Gymnastics | Atlanta 1996]. JOC - 日本オリンピック委員会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Gymnastics". Hiroshima City University. Archived from the original on 4 August 1997.
  8. ↑ "１０代の選手たちを支えた美しいコーチ 元アトランタ五輪代表＆２児のママ 献身的な姿勢にファン「泣きそう…」" [Beautiful coach who supported teenage gymnasts, Atlantic Olympic representative and mother of two, brings fans "almost to tears" for her devotion]. デイリースポーツ online (in Japanese). 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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