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]
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]