Natália Mayara
Brazilian wheelchair tennis player
Full name | Nátalia Mayara Azevedo da Costa | |||||||||||
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Country (sports) | Brazil | |||||||||||
Residence | São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||
Born | (1994-04-03) 3 April 1994 (age 30) Recife, Brazil | |||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | |||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||
Career titles | 29 | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 13 (31 July 2017) | |||||||||||
Other tournaments | ||||||||||||
Paralympic Games | 2R (2016) | |||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||
Career titles | 28 | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 14 (2 July 2018) | |||||||||||
Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||
Paralympic Games | 1R (2016) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Nátalia Mayara Azevedo da Costa (born 3 April 1994) is a former Brazilian wheelchair tennis player who competed in international level events. She is a double gold medalist at the 2015 Parapan American Games and competed at the Paralympic Games twice.[1]
Mayara lost her legs after she was hit by a bus that went onto a sidewalk. She began playing tennis and swimming aged eleven and she pursued a career in wheelchair tennis when she participated at a youth world championship as a junior tennis player in 2011.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Natalia Mayara - ITF Profile". International Tennis Federation. 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Paralympic Games: Tennis player Natalia Mayara Azevedo da Costa is pure inspiration (in Portuguese)". taofeminino. 24 August 2016.
- ^ "The story of overcoming tennis player Natalia Mayara (in Portuguese)". superesportes.com. 13 January 2014.
External links
- Natalia Mayara at the International Tennis Federation
- Natalia Mayara at the International Paralympic Committee