Amane Yanagimoto

Amane Yanagimoto (born 4 August 1998) is a Japanese wheelchair basketball player. She is a member of the Japan women's national wheelchair basketball team and her club Cocktail. She plays as a forward. In 2021 she competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Life

When she was two years old she had an illness that resulted in impairment to her lower limbs. She started playing wheelchair basketball when she was twelve years old, being introcuded by staff of the hospital. She made her debut with the national team at the 2014 Asian Para Games in Incheon winning she silver medal. Four years later she again won with the team the silver medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta. She competed at the 2019 Women's U25 World Championship. and 2019 Asia Oceania Championships .

She was part of the "All Star Five Player at the 2019 Asia Oceania Championships in Thailand. She received the "All Star Five Award" and the "Three Point Award" at the 2020 Empress's Cup.

She studied Life Science at the Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts in Kyotanabe.

Other websites

• Amane Yanagimoto (JPN) Wheelchair Basketball : Women's Preliminary match
• "Amane Yanagimoto of Japan competes in the Women's Wheelchair..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2022-03-11.