Masanori Sugiura

Medal record
Competitor for  Japan
Men's Baseball
Summer Olympics
Bronze	Barcelona 1992	Team
Silver	Atlanta 1996	Team
Asian Baseball Championship
Gold	Beijing 1991	Team
Gold	Kurashiki 1995	Team
Baseball World Cup
Bronze	Managua 1994	Team
Intercontinental Cup
Bronze	Italy 1993	Team
Silver	Havana 1995	Team
Gold	Barcelona 1997	Team
Bronze	Sydney 1999	Team

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.^{[citation needed]}

He served as a pitching coach for his team from 2001-2004, and became the manager in 2006.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ Olympic results

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Name	Sugiura, Masanori
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Date of birth	May 23, 1968
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