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Residence | Melbourne, Victoria |
Born | Victoria | 13 October 1986
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]
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]
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 [update] , 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]