Suguru Awaji

{{Short description|Japanese fencer (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox fencer | name = Suguru Awaji | image = Suguru Awaji 2015 WCh FMS-EQ t124012.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|7|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Sendai, Miyagi, Japan | weapon = foil | hand = left-handed | height = {{convert|1.74|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics|url=http://www.joc.or.jp/english/londonolympics/medalists.html|work=joc.or.jp|publisher=Japanese Olympic Committee|accessdate=17 January 2014}}</ref> | weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | natlcoach = Oleg Matseichuk | formercoach = | club = | headcoach = | country = | retired = | fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/13412 current ranking] | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Foil}} {{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver| 2012 London | Team}} }}

{{Nihongo|'''Suguru Awaji'''|淡路卓|Awaji Suguru|born 26 July 1989}} is a Japanese fencer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/awaji-suguru-1015239/ |title=London2012.com |access-date=6 August 2012 |archive-date=27 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127214942/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/awaji-suguru-1015239/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the 2012 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the team foil event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Olympics fencing: Italy beat Japan to win men's team foil|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18907906|work=BBC Sport|access-date=6 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806101240/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18907906|archive-date=6 August 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, he was the Junior Men's Foil World Champion.<ref>{{Citation | title = Nahouw: Suguru Awaji | url = http://www.nahouw.net/rnk_rfn/27683/AWAJI_Suguru.html#A8 | access-date = 2013-07-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080517075814/http://www.nahouw.net/rnk_rfn/27683/AWAJI_Suguru.html#A8 | archive-date = 17 May 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Awaji, Suguru}} Category:Japanese male foil fencers Category:Living people Category:People from Sendai Category:Sportspeople from Sendai Category:Olympic fencers for Japan Category:Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:1989 births Category:Olympic silver medalists for Japan Category:Olympic medalists in fencing Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Asian Games silver medalists in fencing Category:Fencers at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen Category:Asian Games fencers for Japan Category:World Fencing Championships medalists