Thu Françoise Kamkasomphou ( lo, ທູ ຄຳຄະຊົມພູ, born 12 October 1968) is a Laotian"Un doublé pour les Bleus"
''Ouest France'', 11 September 2008 -

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para table tennis player. She has won eight Paralympic medals for France. At the

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, she captured a gold medal in the class 9 event. At the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

, she won a gold in the class 8 event by defeating Sweden's

Josefin Abrahamsson Josefin Abrahamsson (born 4 October 1979) is a Swedish table tennis player in the disabled sport-movement. She became world champion in South Korea in 2006. She has also medaled in two Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, a ...

, three sets to nil."Thu Kamkasomphou claims title of Table Tennis Women's Individual Class 8"
, official website of the Beijing Paralympic Games, 11 September 2008. She has polyarteritis nodosa.

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