Nátalia Mayara | |
Full Name: | Nátalia Mayara Azevedo da Costa |
Residence: | São Paulo, Brazil |
Birth Date: | 3 April 1994 |
Birth Place: | Recife, Brazil |
Height: | 1.60m |
Plays: | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singlestitles: | 29 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 13 (31 July 2017) |
Othertournaments: | yes |
Paralympicsresult: | 2R (2016) |
Doublestitles: | 28 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 14 (2 July 2018) |
Othertournamentsdoubles: | yes |
Paralympicsdoublesresult: | 1R (2016) |
Nátalia Mayara Azevedo da Costa (born 3 April 1994) is a former Brazilian wheelchair tennis player who competed in international level events. She is a double gold medalist at the 2015 Parapan American Games and competed at the Paralympic Games twice.[1]
Mayara lost her legs after she was hit by a bus that went onto a sidewalk. She began playing tennis and swimming aged eleven and she pursued a career in wheelchair tennis when she participated at a youth world championship as a junior tennis player in 2011.[2] [3]