Sarah Vinci 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.
No. 4 Sarah Vinci
Vinci at the 2012 London Paralympics
Vinci at the 2012 London Paralympics
Sarah Vinci at the Gliders and Rollers World Challenge, Sydney, July 2013
Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team
The Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team is the women's wheelchair basketball side that represents Australia in international competitions. The team is known as the Gliders. The team hasn't won a gold medal for Australia since it began competing at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, however it has won either the silver or bronze medal since the 2000 Summer Paralympics held in Sydney. Gliders finished 6th at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship but did not qualify for the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Peter Corr, Head Coach of the Australian women's wheelchair basketball team, the Gliders, celebrates at 1996 Atlanta Paralympics
Gliders playing the United States at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics
Australian Women's Basketball Silver Medal Presentation at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics
Australian Gliders at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto
