Sarah Hunter is a retired Canadian Paralympian in wheelchair tennis. At the Paralympics, she competed in the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympi ...

and

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was f ...

but did not medal. Outside of the Paralympics, Hunter won the quads division at the 2003 and 2004

Wheelchair Tennis Masters The Wheelchair Tennis Masters refers to a pair of end of year tennis events for wheelchair athletes held on an annual basis under the jurisdiction of the International Tennis Federation. The Wheelchair Tennis Masters for singles is an end-of-yea ...

alongside

Peter Norfolk Peter Robert Norfolk OBE (born 13 December 1960) is a British wheelchair tennis player. Following a motorbike accident which left him paraplegic, he uses a wheelchair. He took up tennis and following a further spinal complication in 2000, he ...

Early life

Hunter was born on March 16, 1965, in

White Rock, British Columbia White Rock is a city in British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It borders Semiahmoo Bay to the south and is surrounded on three sides by Surrey, British Columbia, Surrey. To the southeast acr ...

Career

Hunter began her sports career as a member of the Canada women's national lacrosse team. She became paralyzed from the waist down after an accident while playing hockey in 1997. A few years later, Hunter started playing wheelchair tennis in 2000. In Canada, she won the Birmingham National Wheelchair Tennis Championships eleven times in singles competitions and seven times in doubles. In international competitions, Hunter won the 2003 and 2004

in quads with

. Hunter participated at the

and

in wheelchair tennis but did not medal. After becoming a Paralympic torchbearer at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, Hunter sustained a dislocated shoulder while competing with her teammate Adrian Dielman in 2011. Her injuries forced her to withdraw from competition for the majority of the 2012 season. When she returned to competition in 2013, Hunter continued to compete until her retirement in 2017. Upon retiring, Hunter started training to become a tennis coach.

Awards and honours

During her career, Hunter was named female athlete of the year three times by the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association.

Personal life

Hunter has a daughter.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunter, Sarah 1965 births Living people Wheelchair tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for Canada Racket sportspeople from British Columbia