| Ritah Asiimwe PLY | |
| Residence: | Kampala |
| Handedness: | Left |
| Highest Ranking: | 15 (WS SU5) (August 2020) 08 (WD with Elizabeth Mwesigwa 22 March 2024) X (XD with Kizza Edward Kabonge) |
| Date Of Highest Ranking: | August 2020 |
| Current Ranking: | 19 (WS SU5) |
| Date Of Current Ranking: | March 2024 |
| Event: | Women's singles SU5 Women's doubles SL3–SU5 Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 |
Ritah Asiimwe (born 10 July 1986) is a Ugandan para-badminton player who is ranked as the country's number one in the women's SU5 category. She is ranked as Africa's number 2 para badminton player and in 2020 became the first Ugandan para badminton player to compete in the Summer Paralympics.
she is ranked 7th worldwide in the women's para-badminton doubles (SL3-SU5 category) and 19th worldwide in the women's para-badminton singles (SU5 category) by the Badminton World Federation.[1]
Asiimwe has a bachelor's degree in Development studies from Mbarara University.
As a beneficiary of Badminton World Federation in partnership with the World Academy of Sport (WAoS) initiative, she graduated the University of London’s Postgraduate Certificate in International Sports Management programme in 2023.[2]
In January 2005, Asiimwe lost her right arm after an assault and now uses her left hand.[3] [4] After visiting the Uganda Para Badminton International in 2018, she took up the sport.
While ranked 15th in the SU5 women's singles, she participated in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.[5] [6]
Assiimwe has participated in the 2021, 2022 and 2023 editions of the African Para-Badminton Championships. She won the SU5 Women's Singles and partnered with Elizabeth Mwesigwa to win the SL3-SU5 Women's Doubles in 2022,[7] and teamed up with Mwesigwa again in 2023 to finish tied for third in the SL3-SU5 Women's Doubles.[8]