Helena Dretar Karić

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Born (1979-11-28) 28 November 1979 (age 45)
CountryCroatia
Helena Dretar Karić
Dretar Karić in 2009
Personal information
Born (1979-11-28) 28 November 1979 (age 45)
Sport
CountryCroatia
SportPara table tennis
Disability classC3
Medal record
Women's para table tennis
Representing  Croatia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeams C1–3
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeams C1–3
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 BratislavaTeams C3
Bronze medal – third place2014 BeijingTeams C1–3
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 LignanoTeams C1–3
Gold medal – first place2015 VejleTeams C1–3
Gold medal – first place2017 LaškoTeams C2–3
Gold medal – first place2019 HelsingborgTeams C1–3
Gold medal – first place2023 SheffieldDoubles WD5-10
Bronze medal – third place2011 SplitTeams C3
Bronze medal – third place2019 HelsingborgSingles C3

Helena Dretar Karić (born 28 November 1979) is a Croatian para table tennis player who competes in the C3 category.

Dretar Karić was born in Varaždin on 28 November 1979. She was a talented handball player, who was hit by a car as a pedestrian at the age of 17 and has been in a wheelchair ever since.[1] While recuperating in Varaždinske Toplice, she met the Croatian Paralympic table tennis team, and after that, she started playing the sport more intensively in 2008. She played in several clubs, mostly in the Zagreb club STKOI "Uriho".[2]

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