Sandra Paović Explained

Sandra Paović
Nickname:Sale
Nationality:Croatian
Sport:Para table tennis
Disability:Spinal cord injury
Disability Class:C6
Club:STKI Uriho
Coach:Nataša Skočilović
Birth Date:15 April 1983
Birth Place:Vukovar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Residence:Zagreb, Croatia
Retired:2017
Height:168 cm

Sandra Paović (born 15 April 1983) is a former Croatian para table tennis player. Sandra suffered critical injuries in a traffic accident on 30 January 2009.[1] [2], she was still undergoing therapy in the effort to regain full use of her legs.[3]

Sporting career

She first competed internationally at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the second round of the singles competition. She also competed in the team competition.

She competed in para table tennis competitions in 2013 at the Lignano Master Open, she won her class 6 singles title four times. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, her first Paralympic Games where she won the gold medal after defeating Stephanie Grebe of Germany.[4]

References

  1. Véronique Baud, « L'Étoile brisée de Vukovar », Paris-Normandie, 16 avril 2009.
  2. Web site: Welcome to Croatian Times.
  3. Web site: Sandra Paovic returns home for Christmas - Sports News - Croatian Times Online News - English Newspaper . www.croatiantimes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100104033926/http://croatiantimes.com/news/Sports/2009-12-21/7901/Sandra_Paovic_returns_home_for_Christmas . 2010-01-04.
  4. Web site: IPTTF Profile - Sandra Paovic. 10 April 2019. International Para Table Tennis Federation.