(1947-12-08) 8 December 1947 (age 76) Hiroshima, Japan
Height
1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight
53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Country
Japan
Sport
Para table tennis
Disability class
C5
Club
Domani Table Tennis Club
Medal record
Para table tennis
Representing Japan
Asian Championships
2017 Beijing
Women's singles C5
2009 Amman
Women's singles C5
Asian Para Games
2014 Incheon
Women's singles C5
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Kimie Bessho (別所キミヱ, Bessho Kimie, born 8 December 1947)[1] is a Japanese para table tennis player who competes in international level events. She was a bronze medallist at the 2014 Asian Para Games and has participated at the Summer Paralympics four times, she was also one of the oldest participants to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics aged 68 years old. She is often known to wear butterfly hairclips as a superstition for her tournament matches[2][3] and is referred to as "The Butterfly Lady".[4][5]
^"Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
^"Kimie Bessho - IPTTF Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 8 August 2020.
^"Table Tennis - Kimie Bessho". The Nippon Foundation Paralympic Support Centre. 8 August 2020.
^Selina Wang and Junko Ogura, CNN Photographs by Shiho Fukada for. "Kimie Bessho: 'The Butterfly Lady' of Paralympic table tennis". CNN. Retrieved 2021-05-25. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^"Kimie Bessho: 'The Butterfly Lady' of Paralympic table tennis". Public News. 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
Paralympics after winning both of her games in straight sets against KimieBessho of Japan and Marta Makishi of Argentina. In the semifinals, she lost...
Result Rank Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank KimieBessho Women's singles 5 Pivarciova (CZE) L 1–3 Hoffmann (MEX) L 2–3 Gu G (CHN)...
Result Opposition Result Rank Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank KimieBessho Singles class 5 Makishi (ARG) W 3–0 Abuawad (JOR) L 0–3 2 did not advance...
C4-5 Martin (FRA) L 0–3 Kwong K S (HKG) W 3–0 — 2 did not advance KimieBessho Women's singles C5 Abuawad (JOR) L 2–3 Nardelli (ITA) W 3–0 Nir Kistler (USA)...
Young-A (KOR) W 3-1 Zhang Bian (CHN) L 0-3 Zhang Bian Wong Pui Yi (HKG) W 3-0 KimieBessho (JPN) W 3-0 — 1 Q — Faith Chinenye Obiora (NGR) W 3-0 Ingela Lundbaeck (SWE)...
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