Di Toro, Daniela (1974 - )

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 worked in Melbourne, Australia.

Events

1999	Winner of the United States Open
1999	Australian Paralympic Committee Athlete of the Year
2000	Winner of the Australian Open
2000	Silver Medalist at the Sydney Paralympic Games
2004	Winner of the Australian Open
2004	Bronze Medalist at the Athens Paralympic Games

Australian Women Exhibitions

• She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2007, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html. [ Details... ]

See also

• Smith Amanda, 'The Paralympics', The Sports Factor, ABC Radio National, 13 October 2000, http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2000/sportsf/s198909.htm. [ Details... ]