Background
Sachs was born in Hobart on 19 June 1972.
Sachs was born in Hobart on 19 June 1972.
She competed in running and played netball before an accident at the age of nine, when she fell from a tree and landed on an exposed tree root, breaking her back. She works as a consultant for Westpac and lives in Sydney. Sachs, a 3 point player, first represented Australia in the national wheelchair basketball squad at the 1989 FESPIC Games.
She has played for the West Sydney Razorbacks and, most recently, the Stacks Goudkamp Bears (previously the North Sydney Bears).