Sandra Paović
![]() Paović at the 2016 Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | Sale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Vukovar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | 15 April 1983||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Spinal cord injury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | STKI Uriho | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Nataša Skočilović | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sandra Paović (born 15 April 1983) is a former Croatian para table tennis player. Sandra suffered critical injuries in a traffic accident on 30 January 2009.[1] As of December 2019, she was still undergoing therapy in the effort to regain full use of her legs.[2]
Sporting career[]
She first competed internationally at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the second round of the singles competition. She also competed in the team competition.
She competed in para table tennis competitions in 2013 at the , she won her class 6 singles title four times. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, her first Paralympic Games where she won the gold medal after defeating Stephanie Grebe of Germany.[3]
References[]
- ^ http://www.croatiantimes.com/index.php?id=2689
- ^ http://www.croatiantimes.com/news/Sports/2009-12-21/7901/Sandra_Paovic_returns_home_for_Christmas
- ^ "IPTTF Profile - Sandra Paovic". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 10 April 2019.
External links[]
- Prvi koraci u domovini (in Croatian)
Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Croatian female table tennis players
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic table tennis players of Croatia
- Sportspeople from Vukovar
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Paralympic gold medalists for Croatia
- European table tennis biography stubs
- Croatian sportspeople stubs