Sandra Khumalo

Sandra Khumalo (born 4 April 1981) is a South African rower who competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and has qualified for the 2016 Games.

Personal life

In 2005, at the age of 24, Khumalo was injured in a car accident. Whilst travelling to her job in a safari lodge at the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga, the Land Rover she was travelling in was hit by a truck.

Khumalo and her husband Siba have two daughters. She was the only rower in the South African team. At the Games she placed fifth in her heat in a time of 6 minutes 2.38 seconds and then entered the repechage round where she finished fourth in a time of 6 minutes 13.23 seconds. she advanced to the B final where she finished second, in a time of 6 minutes 18.88 seconds, meaning she placed eighth overall.

At the 2013 World Rowing Championships held at Tangeum Lake, Chungju in South Korea, Khumalo placed third in her single sculls heat and then second in the repechage to reach the A final, eventually finishing sixth in a time of 6 minutes 6.25 seconds. At the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, she again reached the A final via the repechage, finishing sixth in a time of 5 minutes 56.12 seconds.