Sandra Paović (born 15 April 1983) is a former
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para table tennis player. Sandra suffered critical injuries in a traffic accident on 30 January 2009. , she was still undergoing therapy in the effort to regain full use of her legs.
Sporting career
She first competed internationally at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
, 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
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, her first
Paralympic Games
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where she won the gold medal after defeating
Stephanie Grebe of
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References
2008 Olympic profile
External links
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1983 births
Living people
Croatian female table tennis players
Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic table tennis players for Croatia
Sportspeople from Vukovar
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic medalists in table tennis
Paralympic gold medalists for Croatia
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