Tessa Parkinson
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| Born | 22 September 1986 (age 38) Perth, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
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Tessa Parkinson OAM (born 22 September 1986) is an Australian sailor from Perth, Western Australia. Parkinson and skipper Elise Rechichi represented Australia in the 470 class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Qingdao, China, winning the gold medal.[1] She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tessa Parkinson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ "AIS at the Olympics". ausport.gov.au. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
External links
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Media related to Tessa Parkinson at Wikimedia Commons
- Tessa Parkinson at World Sailing
- Tessa Parkinson at Olympics.com
- Tessa Parkinson at Olympic.org (archived)
- Tessa Parkinson at Olympedia
- Tessa Parkinson at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Tessa Parkinson at the 2008 Australian Olympic Team at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 August 2008)
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Australian Institute of Sport sailors
- Australian female sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 470
- Olympic sailors for Australia
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 420 class world champions
- World champions in sailing for Australia
- 21st-century Australian women
- Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia
- Sportswomen from Western Australia
- Australian yacht racing biography stubs