Terese Terranova

Terese Terranova (born May 21, 1947) is a retired American para table tennis player. She became disabled after being involved in a car accident where she was crushed against a concrete wall by a car and resulted in her back being broken in five separate places.[1][2]

Terese Terranova

Personal information
Born	(1947-05-21) May 21, 1947 North Bergen, New Jersey
Residence	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Para table tennis
Disability	Paraplegia
Disability class	C4
Club	Broward Table Tennis Club
Medal record Para table tennis Representing  United States Paralympic Games 1988 Seoul Women's singles C4 1988 Seoul Women's team C4 1992 Barcelona Women's open singles 1996 Atlanta Women's teams C3-5 World Championships 1990 Assen Women's singles C5 1990 Assen Women's teams C4-5 1998 Paris Women's singles C5 Parapan American Games 1999 Mexico City Women's teams C4-5 1999 Mexico City Women's singles C5

Born in North Bergen, New Jersey, Terranova was raised in Northvale, New Jersey, where she attended Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan.[1] Terranova has participated in four Paralympic Games and has won team titles along with Jennifer Johnson in both world, Paralympic and Parapan events[3][4]. She returned to competition in 2019 to participate in the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru where she failed to advance into the later stages of the competition.[5]

References

1. "2013 USATT Hall of Fame - Player Inductee: Terese Terranova". United States Olympic Committee. 24 January 2020.
2. "Terese Terranova - Team USA Profile". United States Olympic Committee. 24 January 2020.
3. "Terese Terranova - IPC Profile". International Paralympic Committee. 24 January 2020.
4. "Terese Terranova - IPTTF Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 24 January 2020.
5. "Lima 2019: US Olympic & Paralympic Committee announces 2019 Parapan American Team". Editora Peru. 14 August 2019.