Yasuko Kudo Explained

Yasuko Kudo
Birth Date:	31 January 1969
Birth Place:	Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Playingstyle:	Right-handed shakehand grip
Disability Class:	10
Highest Rank:	3 (January 2001)^[1]
Current Rank:	17 (January 2020)

is a Japanese para table tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.^[2]

Her left hand was cut off at the wrist by an electric animal feed cutter in an accident when she was five years old.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kudo Yasuko Ranking history. ITTF. 18 January 2020.
2. Web site: Yasuko Kudo. Paralympic Games. 18 January 2020.
3. Web site: 工藤 恭子. October 2004. ja. Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital. 18 January 2020.