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Daniela was born in 1974 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Daniela Di Toro's Profile
Daniela Di Toro is an Australian Paralympic Athlete that competes in Wheelchair Tennis. -
Daniela started playing tennis when she was 9 years of age.
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In 1988, Daniela was at her School Swimming Carnival, when a wall fell on top of her. It damaged her legs so badly that she now has to spend her whole life in a wheelchair. While Daniela was in hospital, following her accident, she met Sandy Blythe, a member of the Australian Rollers. He inspired her to continue to play sport.
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After her talk with Sany Blythe, Daniela started to play tennis again, but since she was paralised and needed to be in a wheelchair she played Wheelchair Tennis.
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Daniela's special career began in 1989, where she started representing Australia.
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1991 was Daniela's glorious celebration of winning the Australian Open for the first time. It put so much faith inside of her to continue this sport. She felt so proud and thought about how lucky she was, and decided she was going to take this a whole lot further.
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1996 was Daniela's first Summer Paralympics (held in Atlanta). She had a great experience and knew that she had to go again.
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In 1999, Di Toro was the nominated paralympian for the 'Australian Paralympian of the year.'
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Daniela had her second Paralympic experience in the year 2000 (held in Sydney). She won her first Silver medal at the Paralympics, and left with a great, big smile on her face.
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During 2010, Daniela was named the 'Young Victorian of the Year.' She was extremely proud and thankful.
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The Kobe Open was won by Di Toro, her life got better and better everyday.
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Daniela was full of joy when she left Athens in 2004. It was her third paralympics, and she won a Bronze medal. 'Better than nothing.'
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In 2005, Di Toro retired from competitive tennis in order to spend more time studying Chinese medicine.
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Late 2005, Daniela started coaching tennis to young children at a community centre nearby.
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2007 was a big change for Daniela. Two years after retirement she came back and started training hard. She made a huge comeback.
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Unfortunately Daniela's comeback wasn't big enough to win anything in the 2008, Bejing Paralympics. She didn't train hard enough, which is understandable since she only had a year to do so.
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In 2010 the Japan Open was hers'! Daniela did a stunning job to win!
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2010 was Daniela's lucky year because she also won the Korean Open with a huge smile on her face!
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At the finish of 2010 Di Toro was ranked 2nd in the world.
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Sadly, Daniela failed to complete the Japanese Open. During one of her games she got a very inflamed neck.
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Because of her inflamed neck, Daniela did not get a chance to compete in the Korean Open.
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In 2011, Daniela's inflamed neck triggered her again, and because of this reason she had to pull out of the French Open.
