- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2199
Di Toro, Daniela
(1974 – )- Born 16 October, 1974, Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Occupation Paralympian, Tennis player
Summary
Daniela Di Toro is a champion wheelchair tennis player who, in 1999, was named the Australian Paralympic Committee Athlete of the Year. She was ranked number one in her sport in 2000.
Di Toro was not born with a disability; she lost the use of her legs in 1988 after a wall collapsed on her while she was participating in a school swimming carnival. She credits her success to a meeting with another wheelchair athlete, basketballer Sandy Blyth, who was a rehabilitation worker at the unit where Di Toro was receiving treatment.
Di Toro is still involved in her sport and works as a youth worker in Melbourne, Australia.
Events
- 1999
- 2000
- 2000
- 2004
- 2004
- 1999
Published resources
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Article
- The Paralympics, Smith Amanda, 2000, http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2000/sportsf/s198909.htm
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Site Exhibition
- She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2007, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Di Toro, Daniela (1974-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-707071