BERNAL Angelica

Wheelchair Tennis

Date of Birth: 27 Mar 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Sport Class: WT

Place of birth: BOGOTA

Birth Country:

Colombia

Place of residence : BOGOTA

Residence Country:

Colombia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Tennis	Women's Singles	17
	Women's Doubles COL Bernal / Martinez	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
3rd on Court 5	Ariake Tennis Park Court 5	Women's Doubles First Round RSA Montjane / Venter 6 6 COL Bernal / Martinez 1 1	Finished
2nd on Court 5	Ariake Tennis Park Court 5	Women's Singles First Round GBR WHILEY JWHILEY Jordanne Sport Class: WT 6 6 COL BERNAL ABERNAL Angelica Sport Class: WT 0 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
QF	Doubles	2012	London, GBR
R32	Singles	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
R32	Singles	2012	London, GBR
Australian Open
SF	Doubles	2021	Melbourne, VIC, AUS
QF	Singles	2021	Melbourne, VIC, AUS
Roland Garros
SF	Doubles	2021	Paris, FRA
QF	Singles	2021	Paris, FRA
Wimbledon
SF	Doubles	2021	London, GBR
QF	Singles	2021	London, GBR
US Open
SF	Singles	2020	New York, NY, USA
SF	Doubles	2020	New York, NY, USA
ParaPan American Games
WR	Singles	2019	Lima, PER
RU	Doubles	2019	Lima, PER
RU	Doubles	2015	Toronto, ON, CAN
QF	Singles	2015	Toronto, ON, CAN

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, 3RD - 3rd place, 4TH - 4th place, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Angie (Athlete, 26 Jul 2016)

Spending time with her dog Lucky. (paralympic.org, 07 Sep 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

International Relations, Political Studies - Nueva Granada Military University, Bogota, COL

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Edgar Pinzon [national, personal], COL, from 2006

Right (ITTF, 19 Apr 2011)

2006 for Colombia, in Argentina (Athlete, 26 Jul 2016)

She won singles gold at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru, despite suffering an injury to her little finger at the tournament. (lavozdeperu.com, 29 Jan 2020)

In 2018 she suffered an injury to her right wrist and was sidelined for several weeks. (ligadetenisdebogota.com, 26 Dec 2019; Inspire Latinoamerica Facebook page, 04 Apr 2019, 22 Jun 2018)

She began the sport in 2006 in Bogota, Colombia. (Athlete, 29 Aug 2016)

She took up the sport after attending a clinic for young Para athletes run by Dutch wheelchair tennis coach Aad Zwaan. "After the clinic, he persuaded me to continue playing. In the beginning, me and my parents weren't convinced about using the wheelchair, but one of my aunts is a tennis coach and director of the venue where they organised the clinic, and she taught me how to use it. Two months later, I played at a junior camp in Argentina where I did very well. I came back very excited, and I started playing more." (Athlete, 26 Jul 2016; lavozdeperu.com, 29 Jan 2020; paralympic.org, 07 Sep 2020)

To be ranked world number one, to win a Grand Slam title, and to win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (deportes.canalrcn.com, 08 Feb 2020; senalcolombia.tv, 26 Dec 2019; lavozdeperu.com, 29 Jan 2020)

"I wake up very early to train. My training routine is divided in three parts - tennis, physical training and gym work followed by physiotherapy." (paralympic.org, 07 Sep 2020)

Winning gold in singles at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. "In Lima I had worked so hard from a psychological point of view. I played step by step, point by point. I put in a huge effort and I was concentrating so hard that I didn't realise I had won the gold medal - but when I had the medal, I was ecstatic." (ligadetenisdebogota.com, 26 Dec 2019; paralympic.org, 07 Sep 2020)

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova. (Athlete, 26 Jul 2016; ligadetenisdebogota.com, 26 Dec 2019)

Her parents, particularly her father Miguel Angel Bernal. (senalcolombia.tv, 26 Dec 2019; deportes.canalrcn.com, 08 Feb 2020)

Philosophy:

"Tennis is my passion, my job and my lifestyle. I want to demonstrate to athletes with disabilities that there are no limits or barriers - they are only in our mind." (paralympic.org, 07 Sep 2020)

General Interest

Classification
Open (ITF, 05 Feb 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 26 Jul 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 26 Jul 2016)

Impairment Details
She was born without the lower part of her right leg due to phocomelia, a rare condition that can cause limbs to be missing or underdeveloped. (Athlete, 26 Jul 2016; senalcolombia.tv, 26 Dec 2019)

General
WHEELCHAIR TENNIS SCHOOL
In 2010 she and her family founded the Semillas sin Barreras wheelchair tennis school in Bogota, Colombia. "My parents, coaches and I thought that it was a good idea to create a place to provide an opportunity for those kids with disabilities who don't know about Paralympic sport, don't have the resources or don't have access to a sports centre. In the beginning, I used to coach the kids with my dad, but when I started travelling more, my dad couldn't train them all. The Instituto Deportivo de Bogota sent us a coach to train the kids so if I'm not in Bogota, the school remains open." (paralympic.org, 07 Sep 2020, 26 Apr 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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