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Sarah Vinci

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Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1991-12-04) 4 December 1991 (age 33)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Wheelchair basketball
Disability	Spina bifida
Disability class	1.0
Event	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

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.

Personal life

Vinci was born on 4 December 1991 in Perth, Western Australia. She has spina bifida. As of 2013, Vinci lived in Perth, Western Australia, and was a student. She has attended a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institute, where she earned a certificate in digital media.

Sarah volunteers at the Telethon community cinemas to help support children's charities.

Career

Vinci is a 1 point wheelchair basketball player. She started playing wheelchair basketball in 2006. Vinci joined the Perth Western Stars in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) in 2009, and has been with the club into the 2013 season. In 2010, she won the league's junior championship, the Kevin Coombs Cup, when her team beat the New South Wales side 63–58.

Vinci was selected to participate in a national team training camp in 2010, and made her debut with the national team, universally known as the Gliders, the following year, when she played in the Osaka Cup in Japan. She competed in the 2011 Asia Oceania Regional Championships, the 2011 U25 World Championships, and the 2012 BT Paralympic World Cup, competing in the final match against Germany.

Vinci was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair basketball. The London Games were her first. She attended a Paralympic farewell ceremony at Perth's State Basketball Centre in late July.

In the group stage, the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics posted wins against Brazil, Great Britain, and the Netherlands, but lost to Canada. This was enough to advance the Gliders to the quarter-finals, where they beat Mexico. The Gliders then defeated the United States by a point to set up a final clash with Germany. The Gliders lost 44–58, and earned a silver medal.

At the 2013 Osaka Cup in Japan, Vinci and the Gliders successfully defended the title they had previously won in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012. 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. In June 2023, she was a member of the Gliders team at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai.

Statistics

Gallery

• Sarah Vinci at the Gliders and Rollers World Challenge, Sydney, July 2013
• Vinci and teammate Amber Merritt during a time out at the 2012 Rollers & Gliders World Challenge in Sydney in July 2012
• Sarah Vinci of the Western Stars women's wheelchair basketball team. Sydney, 14 July 2013

References

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27. "Gliders set for redemption at 2018 IWBF World Championships". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
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31. "Player Profile -Sarah Vinci (1.0)". Sporting Pulse. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

External links

• Sarah Vinci at Paralympics Australia
• Basketball Australia profile

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