Tessa Solomon

Tessa Solomon
Tessa Solomon
Born	January 12, 1979 (age 45); Willemstad, Curaçao
Occupation	Swimming

Tessa Solomon (born January 12, 1979, in Willemstad, Curaçao) is a retired Curaçao swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. She is a member of the Florida Atlantic Owls swimming and diving team under head coach Steve Eckelkamp, and also, a business graduate at the Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida.^[1]^[2]

Solomon competed for the Netherlands Antilles in the 100 m backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:04.94 from the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.^[3] Swimming in heat two, Solomon decided to scratch out from the race, and then withdrew from the Games for personal and health reasons.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Four athletes honored". Florida Atlantic Owls. 19 June 2001. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
^ Szultsteyn, Andrea (22 February 2000). "Owls To Host Nic Swim Meet". Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
^ "Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 287. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
^ "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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