Anđela Mužinić Vincetić is a Croatian table tennis Paralympic player. In pair with Helena Dretar Karić in doubles, they won two medals both in the

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(2016, 2020) and

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(2014, 2017) as well as six medals at the

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, five of which were gold (2013–2023) and one bronze (2011). She also won two medals at the World Championships (2014, 2017) and three at the European Championships (2015–2019) in singles. She won a silver medal with her partner Helena Dretar Karić in Class 1–3 table tennis during the

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. Until the

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in Srinjine (near

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), in which she suffered

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of the seventh and eighth

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with her

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s being completely taken away, she played

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. While recuperating in

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, she was visited by Helena Dretar Karić and introduced to

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. After four months, she returned to

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and started playing table tennis.

References

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