Sarah Vinci
No. 4 Sarah Vinci
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| Nationality |
 Australia
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| Born | 4 December 1991 | |||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||
| Disability | Spina bifida | |||||||||
| Disability class | 1.0 | |||||||||
| Event(s) | Women's team | |||||||||
| Club | Western Stars | |||||||||
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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. Her most recent international appearance was at the 2013 Osaka Cup.
Vinci was born on 4 December 1991 in Perth, Western Australia. She has spina bifida. As of 2013[update], Vinci lives in Spearwood, Western Australia, and is a student. She has already attended a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institute, where she earned a certificate in digital media.
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.
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