Anđela Mužinić

Anđela Mužinić Vincetić is a Croatian table tennis Paralympic player. In pair with Helena Dretar Karić in doubles, they won two medals both in the Paralympics (2016, 2020) and World Championships (2014, 2017) as well as six medals at the European Championships, five of which were gold (2013-2023) and one bronze (2011).[1] She also won two medals at the World Championships (2014, 2017) and three at the European Championships (2015-2019) in singles.

Anđela Mužinić
Mužinić in 2017
Personal information
Born (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992
Split, Croatia
Sport
CountryCroatia
SportPara-athletics
Disability classC3
Event(s)Para table tennis
Medal record
Women's para table tennis
Representing  Croatia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Teams C1–3
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Teams C1–3
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 BratislavaTeams C3
Silver medal – second place2022 GranadaSingles C3
Bronze medal – third place2014 BeijingTeams C1–3
Bronze medal – third place2018 LaškoSingles C3
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 LignanoTeams C1–3
Gold medal – first place2015 VejleTeams C1–3
Gold medal – first place2017 LaškoTeams C2–3
Gold medal – first place2019 HelsingborgTeams C1–3
Gold medal – first place2023 SheffieldSingles C3
Gold medal – first place2023 SheffieldDoubles WD5-10
Silver medal – second place2015 VejleSingles C3
Silver medal – second place2017 LaškoSingles C3
Bronze medal – third place2011 SplitTeams C3
Bronze medal – third place2019 HelsingborgSingles C3

She won a silver medal with her partner Helena Dretar Karić in Class 1–3 table tennis during the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[2]

Until the traffic accident in Srinjine (near Split), in which she suffered fracture of the seventh and eighth thoracic vertebrae with her legs being completely taken away, she played volleyball.[3] While recuperating in Varaždinske Toplice, she was visited by Helena Dretar Karić and introduced to para table tennis.[3] After four months, she returned to elementary school and started playing table tennis.[3]

References
  1. "Croatian para table tennis duo become European champions for the fifth time". croatiaweek.com. Croatia Week. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. "Andela Muzinic". Paralympics. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. Mrvec, Damir (16 September 2023). "Nakon zlata zaboraviš na neukusnu hranu i glavobolje" [After gold, you forget about tasteless food and headaches]. Večernji list (in Croatian). No. 21406. Zagreb. p. 21. ISSN 0350-5006.
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