Andrea McDonnell

Andrea McDonnell (born 7 July 1960) is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. She competed for Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.^[1]

Andrea McDonnell

2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Andrea McDonnell
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1960-07-07) 7 July 1960 (age 65)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Table Tennis
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  Australia Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Singles TT6–10

Personal

McDonnell was born on 7 July 1960.^[2] She grew up in Townsville, Queensland and is one of six children.^[2] A workplace accident left her with impaired movement in her left leg and right arm.^[2] In 2016, she lives in Ayr, Queensland and works as a financial planner.^[2]

Table tennis

She is a Class 10 table tennis player.^[3] McDonnell grew up in a table tennis family with both her parents playing.^[2] She was a national junior player.^[2] She took up table tennis again after her accident. She made her debut for Australia at the 2013 Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships in Canberra.^[2] At the 2015 Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships in Bendigo, she was defeated by Melissa Tapper in the Class 6–10 final.^[4]

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, McDonnell did not win a match in the Women's Singles Class 10 preliminaries and did not advance. In the Women's Doubles Class 6–10, McDonnell and her partner Melissa Tapper finished fourth.^[5]

She has coached her two of her nieces at junior national level.^[2]