KONG Bopha

Classification
K43 (World Taekwondo, 04 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (paralympic.org, 25 Apr 2018; bondyblog.fr, 05 Jan 2017)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (paralympic.org, 25 Apr 2018; bondyblog.fr, 05 Jan 2017)

Impairment Details
He lost both hands at age 18 when a homemade bomb exploded in his hands. (paralympic.org, 25 Apr 2018; bondyblog.fr, 05 Jan 2017)

General
VIETNAM TO FRANCE
Born in Vietnam, he moved to France with his family at age three. (bondyblog.fr, 05 Jan 2017)

OCCUPATION
In 2020 he began working part-time as a sport health ambassador for the Department of Seine-Saint-Denis, a social services organisation in France. "To support me during my preparation for the Tokyo Paralympic Games, the Department offered me a one-year, renewable professional integration agreement. My job is to develop and implement health prevention actions, how to prevent pathologies related to sedentary lifestyle and office work, show warm-up and stretching exercises that are easy to perform and that bring real well-being. I discover with my colleagues all the work of the social action office, it's all new for me as a sportsman who is normally only focused on my performance. But I'm very interested in it, I like to feel useful to others. This work opens up very interesting perspectives for me." (lemag.seinesaintdenis.fr, 17 Nov 2020)