Thu Kamkasomphou
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Born | Savannakhet, Laos[1] | October 12, 1968||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 1 (Class 9, September 2001) 1 (Class 8, July 2007) 1 (Class 7, April 2015)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 2 (Class 8, December 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thu Kamkasomphou (Lao: ທູ ຄຳຄະຊົມພູ, born October 12, 1968[3]), is a Laotian[4]-French para table tennis player. She has won eight Paralympic medals for France, including gold medals from the 2000 Summer Paralympics (Class 9 singles) and the 2008 Summer Paralympics (Class 8 singles).[5]
She has polyarteritis nodosa.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Kamkasomphou Thu". ITTF. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
- ^ "Kamkasomphou Thu Ranking history". ITTF. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- ^ a b "Kamkasomphou Thu". Handiamo! (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- ^ "Un doublé pour les Bleus", Ouest France, 11 September 2008 Archived 21 December 2010 at WebCite
- ^ "Thu Kamkasomphou". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
Categories:
- 1968 births
- French table tennis players
- Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic table tennis players of France
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Paralympic gold medalists for France
- Paralympic silver medalists for France
- Paralympic bronze medalists for France
- French people of Laotian descent
- Laotian emigrants
- Naturalized citizens of France
- Living people
- French Paralympic medalist stubs
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