Sailor Profile
Tessa Parkinson
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Profile
Name
Tessa Parkinson
Nation
Australia
Place of Birth
Perth, Australia
Class
49erFX, 470, 29er XX, Fireball, 420, 505
Q&A
Ambitions
To study physio
Best Sporting Achievement
Winning the 420 Womens Worlds, Winning Youth Team of the Year at the 25th Australian Sport Awards & winning the 2007 Pre-Olympics
First Event Competed
1997 Club Championships, Fremantle, AUS
Awards
Receiving a Victor team hat! Women's Team of the Year 2008
Racing Age
10
Injuries
nil
Yacht Club
South of Perth Yacht Club, Fremantle Sailing Club
Starting Age
8
First Event Won
Southwest Regional Championships, Mirrors, Bunbury, 2000
Amusing Sporting Episode
In one of the races in th 420 worlds it was really windy and I fell out of the boat upwind. Elise had to stop the boat while I swam to catch up!
Current Class
470
Hometown
Perth, Australia
Most Influential Person
My coach, Victor Kovalenko
General Interest
going to the beach, making things, running
Classes Sailed
Mirrors, 420, 505
Coached Since
2004
Boat First Sailed
Mirrors
Education
completed TEE study, Penrhos College, Perth
Languages Spoken
english
Coach
Emmett Lazich
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