Terese Terranova
American para table tennis player
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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]
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| Born | May 21, 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Paraplegia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Broward Table Tennis Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]