Yasuko Kudo

Yasuko Kudo
Personal information
Born (1969-01-31) January 31, 1969
Kumamoto Prefecture,[1] Japan
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand grip
Disability class10
Highest ranking3 (January 2001)[2]
Current ranking17 (January 2020)
Medal record
Women's para table tennis
Representing  Japan[3]
Paralympic Games
2000 Sydney Singles C10
World Championships
2010 Gwangju Singles C10
2002 Taipei Singles C10
2002 Taipei Teams C10
Asian Championships
2009 Amman Teams C6–10
2011 Hong Kong Teams C6–10
2005 Kuala Lumpur Singles C9–10
2007 Seoul Singles C10
2009 Amman Singles C10
2013 Beijing Singles C10
FESPIC Championships
1999 Taipei Open singles standing
1999 Taipei Doubles C6–10
1999 Taipei Singles C9–10
2003 Shanghai Singles C8–10

Yasuko Kudo (工藤 恭子, Kudō Yasuko; born 31 January 1969[4]) is a Japanese para table tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.[5]

Her left hand was cut off at the wrist by an electric animal feed cutter in an accident when she was five years old.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "工藤 恭子" (PDF). Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital (in Japanese). October 2004. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Kudo Yasuko Ranking history". ITTF. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Kudo Yasuko Profile". ITTF. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
  5. ^ "Yasuko Kudo". Paralympic Games. Retrieved 18 January 2020.