Branka Pupovac

Branka Pupovac (born 3 March 1972) is a Paralympic wheelchair tennis competitor from Australia.

Personal Pupovac was born on 3 March 1972 in Wollongong, New South Wales. She is from Sydney, New South Wales and attended the University of Wollongong where she earned a Bachelor of Commerce. In 2000, she was studying to become a counsellor. Pupovac is an incomplete paraplegic, as a result of an accident while riding on the back of a friend's motorcycle when she was twenty. Her friend crossed a set of double lines in an effort to overtake a car. She was wearing a helmet at the time, but still had significant damage done to her neck and spinal cord. The photograph of her in the calendar features her topless and covered in brown and gold body paint. In 1998, she was ranked 14th in the world for women's singles and doubles tennis. In 2000, she finished second at the Australian Open and French Open in the consolidation draw. She won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the Women's Doubles event, with Daniela Di Toro as her partner. In October 2000, she had her highest doubles international ranking when she was ranked 12th. She competed in her final international competition in 2004, at the World Team Cup in New Zealand.