What is Yui Kitama?
{{wikify|date=March 2022}} '''Yui Kitama''' (born October 6, 1994) is a Japanese [[Wheelchair basketball|Wheelchair Basketball]] player. She is a member of the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball team for [[Japan]]. In 2021, she competed at the [[2020 Summer Paralympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-25|title=Wheelchair Basketball KITAMA Yui - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/wheelchair-basketball/athlete-profile-n1716633-kitama-yui.htm|access-date=2022-03-11|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2021-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825100807/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/wheelchair-basketball/athlete-profile-n1716633-kitama-yui.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bushwick|first=Sophie|title=How Paralympic Wheelchairs and Prostheses Are Optimized for Speed and Performance|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-paralympic-wheelchairs-and-prostheses-are-optimized-for-speed-and-performance/|access-date=2022-03-11|website=Scientific American|language=en}}</ref> ==Life== Kitama was born with Spina Bifida. She has been in a wheelchair since the age of three. At middle school, she was a staff member of the school basketball team. When she was in the seventh grade, the coach took her to an Itami Super Phoenix’s wheelchair basketball match. She was encouraged to start playing. She made her debut at the 2010 Asian Para Games, where she won a gold medal with her team. She finished ninth at the 2014 World Championships, and second at the 2014 Asian Para Games. She won the silver medal with the national team at the 2018 Asian Para Games. She competed at the 2019 Asia Oceania Championship for Women.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yui KITAMA|url=https://hosted.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/IWBF/en/competition/26769/person/1423655|access-date=2022-03-11|website=hosted.dcd.shared.geniussports.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nov 28|last2=Oceania|first2=2019 {{!}} Asia|last3=News|last4=Tokyo 2020|last5=News|first5=