Terese Terranova (born May 21, 1947) is a retired American para table tennis player. She became disabled after being involved in a car accident where she was crushed against a concrete wall by a car and resulted in her back being broken in five separate places.[1][2]
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| Born | May 21, 1947 North Bergen, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Paraplegia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Broward Table Tennis Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born in North Bergen, New Jersey, Terranova was raised in Northvale, New Jersey, where she attended Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan.[1] Terranova has participated in four Paralympic Games and has won team titles along with Jennifer Johnson in both world, Paralympic and Parapan events.[3][4] She returned to competition in 2019 to participate in the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru where she failed to advance into the later stages of the competition.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "2013 USATT Hall of Fame - Player Inductee: Terese Terranova". United States Olympic Committee. 24 January 2020. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015.
- ^ "Terese Terranova - Team USA Profile". United States Olympic Committee. 24 January 2020. Archived from the original on January 24, 2020.
- ^ "Terese Terranova - IPC Profile". International Paralympic Committee. 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Terese Terranova - IPTTF Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Lima 2019: US Olympic & Paralympic Committee announces 2019 Parapan American Team". Editora Peru. 14 August 2019.