Sarah Calati

Sarah Calati (born 13 October 1986) is an Australian wheelchair tennis player. She competed for Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1]

Sarah Calati
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceMelbourne, Victoria
Born (1986-10-13) 13 October 1986
Victoria
PlaysRight-handed

Personal

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

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, 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
  1. "2016 Australian Paralympic Team receives nine extra spots". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  2. "Sarah Calati". Tennis Australia website. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. "WHEELCHAIR PROFILE: SARAH CALATI". Tennis Australia News, 14 May 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. "Sarah Calati". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. "Sarah Calati". Rio Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
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