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Hayley Sands

Hayley Sands
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (2000-03-13) 13 March 2000 (age 24)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportTable Tennis
ClubWoodville District Table Tennis Club

Hayley Sands (born 13 March 2000) is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. She competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[1]

Personal

Sands was born on 13 March 2000.[2] On January 2, 2013, at the age of thirteen, a diving accident the family swimming pool in Kings Park, South Australia resulted in a C4/C5 incomplete spinal cord injury.[3] Sands spent eight months recovering at the Women's and Children's Hospital in South Australia. She attended Cabra Dominican College.[4] Sands has completed an interior architecture degree at the University of South Australia.[5][6] In 2024, she is an Interior Designer at Woods Bagot.[7]

Table tennis

Sands was introduced to table tennis at a Paralympics Australia Come and Try Day.[2] She is classified as class 2 player.[8] She first represented Australia in Thailand in 2019. She competed at the 2023 Oceania Para Championships in the women's singles class 2–5.[9]

She competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Women's Singles 1-2, Women's Doubles 18 and Mixed Doubles 7 but did not progress after losing opening matches.

In 2024, she is a South Australian Sports Institute athlete.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Paralympics Australia Announces Powerful Table Tennis Squad For Paris 2024 | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Hayley Sands | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  3. ^ "All the right moves". Messenger - Westside Weekly (Adelaide, Australia). 7 December 2016. p. 13.
  4. ^ "Brave Hayley brings ray of sunshine to Crows". The Advertiser. 13 March 2014. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Hayley ready to serve up a Paralympic dream". The Advertiser. 7 September 2020. p. 3.
  6. ^ "'F**k, I wish I went with mum to get that chicken': How one decision changed Hayley's life forever". 27 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b Institute, South Australian Sports (13 May 2024). "Powering greatness beyond sport". South Australian Sports Institute. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  8. ^ Australia, Table Tennis. "National Squads/ Teams". www.tabletennis.org.au. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  9. ^ "ITTF Oceania Para Championships 2023 - Results". results.ittf.com. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
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