Mari Amimoto

Mari Animoto at the 2013 Asia-Oceania Zone Wheelchair Basketball Championships

Mari Amimoto (born 15 November 1988) is a Japanese wheelchair basketball player (4.5 wheelchair basketball classification). She is a member of the Japan women's national wheelchair basketball team and her club Cocktail. She plays as a forward. She finished fourth at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and won the silver medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games. In 2021 she competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Life

Amimoto was born with an bone impairment in her right ankle. She started with wheelchair basketball when she was in grade five of primary school. She started playing competitively in grade 10 of high school. After competing at the 2006 World Championships where she finished with the team 6th, she competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. She made it with the team to the semi finals, and finished fourth after also losing the bronze medal match. After competing at the 2010 and 2014 World Championships, she won the silver medal, with the team at the 2018 Asian Para Games. She competed at the 2019 Asia Oceania Championships.

She was named the "All Star Five Player" at the 2011, 2013 and 2015 Asia-Oceania Championship and also at the 2011 under-25 World Championship. She was "Most Valuable Player" at the 2020 Empress's Cup.

She studied at the Osaka International University.

Other websites

• Japanese wheelchair basketball player Mari Amimoto leads in scoring at world championships Wikinews