Sarah Calati

Sarah Calati
Country (sports)  Australia
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Born (1986-10-13) 13 October 1986
Victoria, Australia
Plays Right-handed

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

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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
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