Thu Kamkasomphou
Encyclopedia
Thu Kamkasomphou, born in 1967 or 1968 in Laos
, is a French
table tennis
player.
She represented France at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
in the class 8 event, and won gold by defeating Sweden
's Josefin Abrahamsson, three sets to nil.
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
, is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
player.
She represented France at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
France at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
France sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. France sent 119 athletes, who competed in 13 sports: athletics, rowing, cycling, equestrian, wheelchair fencing, weightlifting, judo, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair tennis, shooting, archery and sailing...
in the class 8 event, and won gold by defeating Sweden
Sweden at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Sweden will send a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.-Medalists:-Archery:WomenMen-Women's team:-Men's team:-Equestrian:-Women:Åsa Alverstedt,Malin Gustavsson,Maria Juliusson,Josefine Jälmestål,...
's Josefin Abrahamsson, three sets to nil.