Andrea McDonnell
 2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Andrea McDonnell | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1960 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Table Tennis | ||||||||||||||
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Andrea McDonnell (born 7 July 1960) is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. She competed for Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1]
Personal
[edit]McDonnell was born on 7 July 1960.[2] She grew up in Townsville, Queensland and is one of six children.[2] A workplace accident left her with impaired movement in her left leg and right arm.[2] In 2016, she lives in Ayr, Queensland and works as a financial planner.[2]
Table tennis
[edit]She is a Class 10 table tennis player.[3] McDonnell grew up in a table tennis family with both her parents playing.[2] She was a national junior player.[2] She took up table tennis again after her accident. She made her debut for Australia at the 2013 Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships in Canberra.[2] At the 2015 Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships in Bendigo, she was defeated by Melissa Tapper in the Class 6–10 final.[4]
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, McDonnell did not win a match in the Women's Singles Class 10 preliminaries and did not advance. In the Women's Doubles Class 6–10, McDonnell and her partner Melissa Tapper finished fourth.[5]
She has coached her two of her nieces at junior national level.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "2016 Paralympic co-captain leads the way for 5-strong Para-table tennis team". Australian Paralympic Committee News. 27 April 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Andrea McDonnell". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Athletes with Disabilities Profiles". Table Tennis Australia website. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Australia claim all four titles at the ITTF Oceania Para-table Tennis Championships". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Andrea McDonnell". Rio Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
External links
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- Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Paralympic table tennis players for Australia
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Table tennis players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Townsville
- Sportswomen from Queensland
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games