Australian para table tennis player
Andrea McDonnell
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Andrea McDonnell |
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Nationality | Australian |
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Born | (1960-07-07) 7 July 1960 (age 64) |
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Country | Australia |
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Sport | Table Tennis |
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Andrea McDonnell (born 7 July 1960) is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. She competed for Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1]
Personal
McDonnell was born on 7 July 1960.[2] She grew up in Townsville, Queensland and is one of six children.[2] A workplace accident left her with impaired movement in her left leg and right arm.[2] In 2016, she lives in Ayr, Queensland and works as a financial planner.[2]
Table tennis
She is a Class 10 table tennis player.[3] McDonnell grew up in a table tennis family with both her parents playing.[2] She was a national junior player.[2] She took up table tennis again after her accident. She made her debut for Australia at the 2013 Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships in Canberra.[2] At the 2015 Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships in Bendigo, she was defeated by Melissa Tapper in the Class 6–10 final.[4]
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, McDonnell did not win a match in the Women's Singles Class 10 preliminaries and did not advance. In the Women's Doubles Class 6–10, McDonnell and her partner Melissa Tapper finished fourth.[5]
She has coached her two of her nieces at junior national level.[2]
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