Sarah Vinci (born 4 December 1991) is a 1 point wheelchair basketball player who plays for the Perth Western Stars in the Australian Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League. She made her debut with the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders, in 2011, when she played in the Osaka Cup in Japan. Vinci represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London in wheelchair basketball, winning a silver medal. She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.[1]
Australian wheelchair basketball player (born 1991)
Sarah Vinci
No. 4 Sarah Vinci
Personal information
Nationality
Australia
Born
(1991-12-04) 4 December 1991 (age31)
Sport
Country
Australia
Sport
Wheelchair basketball
Disability
Spina bifida
Disabilityclass
1.0
Event(s)
Women's team
Club
Perth Wildcats
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games
2012 London
Women's Wheelchair basketball
U25 Women's World Championships
2011 St Catharines
Women's wheelchair basketball
2015 Beijing
Women's wheelchair basketball
Personal life
Vinci was born on 4 December 1991 in Perth, Western Australia.[2][3] She has spina bifida.[3][4]As of 2013[update], Vinci lives in Perth, Western Australia,[3][4][5] and is a student. She has already attended a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institute, where she earned a certificate in digital media.[2][4]
Sarah volunteers at the Telethon community cinemas to help support children's charities.
Career
Vinci at the 2012 London ParalympicsVinci at the 2012 London ParalympicsWikinews reporters interview Australian Glider Leanne Del Toso, Sarah Vinci, Amber Merritt and Clare Nott
Vinci is a 1 point wheelchair basketball player. She started playing wheelchair basketball in 2006.[4][6] Vinci joined the Perth Western Stars in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) in 2009,[7] and has been with the club into the 2013 season.[4] In 2010, she won the league's junior championship, the Kevin Coombs Cup, when her team beat the New South Wales side 63–58.[4][8]
Vinci was selected to participate in a national team training camp in 2010,[9] and made her debut with the national team, universally known as the Gliders,[10] the following year, when she played in the Osaka Cup in Japan.[4] She competed in the 2011 Asia Oceania Regional Championships,[11] the 2011 U25 World Championships,[4][12] and the 2012 BT Paralympic World Cup, competing in the final match against Germany.[13]
Vinci was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair basketball.[14][15] The London Games were her first.[16] She attended a Paralympic farewell ceremony at Perth's State Basketball Centre in late July.[17]
In the group stage, the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics posted wins against Brazil,[18] Great Britain,[19] and the Netherlands,[20] but lost to Canada.[21] This was enough to advance the Gliders to the quarter-finals, where they beat Mexico.[22] The Gliders then defeated the United States by a point to set up a final clash with Germany.[23] The Gliders lost 44–58, and earned a silver medal.[24]
At the 2013 Osaka Cup in Japan,[25] Vinci and the Gliders successfully defended the title they had previously won in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012.[26]
She represented Australia at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship where the team came ninth.
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, the Gliders finished ninth after winning the 9th-10th classification match.[27]
"Wheelchair Basketball". Media Guide, London 2012 Paralympic Games. Homebush Bay, New South Wales: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. pp.92–99 [99].
"Sarah Vinci". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
"Grant Funding Report". Bruce, Australian Capital Territory: Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
Abbott, Chris (30 August 2012). "Gliders Prevail in Thriller". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
Abbott, Chris (4 September 2012). "Gliders Dominate Mexico". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
"Gliders end Tokyo campaign on a high". New South Wales Institute of Sport. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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