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| Country (sports) |  Australia |
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| Residence | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Born | 13 October 1986 Victoria |
| 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]
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| Country (sports) | Australia |
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| Residence | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Born | 13 October 1986 Victoria |
| 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]
