Hayley Sands
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1988-09-08) 8 September 1988 (age 35)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportTable Tennis
ClubWoodville Table Tennis Club

Hayley Sands (born on ) is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. She has been selected for 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Personal

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At the age of thirteen nn January 2013, Sands suffered a whiplash injury after diving into a pool, resulting in tetraplegia.[1] [2][3] She has undertaken an interior architecture degree at the University of South Australia[3] In 20024, she is emploted as an intereior desihner with Woods Bagot in Adeliade.

Table tennis

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Women’s Singles Class 2-5 Group: 1. Lisa di Torro (AUS) 2. Merewalesi Roden (FIJ) 3. Hayley Sands (AUS) 4. Hakinsini Latu (FIJ) at the ITTF Oceania Para Championships 2023 Honiara, Solomon Islands - https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ITTF-Oceania-Para-Championships-2023.pdf

In 2024, she is a South Australian Sports Institute scholarship athlete.[4]

  1. ^ "NeuroMoves makes every step a winner for Hayley". NDIS. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Urgent warning after spike in accidents from popular summer activity". 7NEWS. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b "'F**k, I wish I went with mum to get that chicken': How one decision changed Hayley's life forever". 27 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  4. ^ Institute, South Australian Sports (13 May 2024). "Powering greatness beyond sport". South Australian Sports Institute. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
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