| Hayley Sands | |
| Headercolor: | green |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Birth Date: | 2000 3, df=yes |
| Country: | Australia |
| Sport: | Table Tennis |
| Club: | Woodville District Table Tennis Club |
| Textcolor: | yellow |
Hayley Sands (born 13 March 2000) is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. She has been selected to compete at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[1]
Sands was born on 13 March 2000.[2] On January 2, 2013, at the age of thirteen, a diving accident the family swimming pool in Kings Park, South Australia resulted in a C4/C5 incomplete spinal cord injury.[3] Sands spent eight months recovering at the Women's and Children's Hospital in South Australia. She attended Cabra Dominican College.[4] Sands has completed an interior architecture degree at the University of South Australia.[5] [6] In 2024, she is an Interior Designer at Woods Bagot.[7]
Sands was introduced to table tennis at a Paralympics Australia Come and Try Day.[2] She is classified as class 2 player.[8] She first represented Australia in Thailand in 2019. She competed at the 2023 Oceania Para Championships in the women's singles class 2–5.[9]
In 2024, she is a South Australian Sports Institute athlete.[7]