Sarah Calati
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| Country (sports) |  Australia |
|---|---|
| Residence | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Born | 13 October 1986 Victoria |
| Plays | Right-handed |
Sarah Calati (born 13 October 1986) is an Australian wheelchair tennis player. She competed for Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1]
Personal
[edit]Calati was born on 12 October 1986.[2] At motorcycle accident in 2006 led to the amputation of her right leg. In 2014, she was working four days a week for a landscaping business as a gardener.[3]
Wheelchair tennis
[edit]Her prosthetist recommended she take up sport and this led to a meeting with national wheelchair tennis coach Greg Crump in 2009.[3] Calati made her international debut in 2012 at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup in India.[4] As of August 2016[update], her singles ranking is 59 and her best ranking was 29 on 14 December 2015. She was allocated a place in the 2016 Rio Paralympics after Russia was suspended from the Games .[1]
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Calati lost to Zhu Zhenzhen (CHN) 0-2 (0–6, 1–6) in the first round of the Women's Singles.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2016 Australian Paralympic Team receives nine extra spots". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Sarah Calati". Tennis Australia website. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ a b "WHEELCHAIR PROFILE: SARAH CALATI". Tennis Australia News, 14 May 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Sarah Calati". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Sarah Calati". Rio Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
External links
[edit]- Sarah Calati at the Australian Paralympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 2018-02-10)
- Sarah Calati at Tennis Australia
- Sarah Calati at the International Tennis Federation
- Sarah Calati at the International Paralympic Committee
- Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Australian female tennis players
- Australian gardeners
- Australian wheelchair tennis players
- Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for Australia
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors
- Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
- Tennis players from Melbourne
- 21st-century Australian sportspeople