Tara Profitt

{{short description|American Paralympic table tennis player}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Parapan American Games}} 2009 ParaPan Championship Gold Medal Womens Doubles C1-C3

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Tara Profitt is an American Paralympic table tennis player who won a gold medal at the 2009 ParaPan American Championships and a silver medal at the 2011 Parapan American Games in the women's doubles alongside Pamela Fontaine and was fourth place during the women's singles at the same championships. Currently,{{when|date=March 2024}} she attends Wright State University and is married to Clyde.{{cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/PR/Tara-Profitt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217064241/http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/PR/Tara-Profitt |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 17, 2013 |title=Tara Profitt |publisher=United States Olympic Committee |work=Team USA |accessdate=18 September 2023}}

Profitt competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, 28 years after her previous Paralympic appearance at the 1984 Games.{{cite news |last=Smith-Spark |first=Laura |title=28 years later, U.S. Paralympians fulfill a dream in London |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/30/sport/paralympic-table-tennis-dream/index.html |access-date=29 August 2014 |website=CNN |date=30 August 2012}}