Terese Terranova

Terese Terranova (born May 21, 1947) is a retired American para table tennis player. She became disabled after being involved in a car accident where she was crushed against a concrete wall by a car and resulted in her back being broken in five separate places.

Born in North Bergen, New Jersey, Terranova was raised in Northvale, New Jersey, where she attended Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan. Terranova has participated in four Paralympic Games and has won team titles along with Jennifer Johnson in both world, Paralympic and Parapan events. She returned to competition in 2019 to participate in the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru where she failed to advance into the later stages of the competition.