Tessa Parkinson
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| Born | 22 September 1986 (age 35) 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. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[1]
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- ^ AIS at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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- Tessa Parkinson at World Sailing
- 2008 Australian Olympic Team profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 August 2008)
- Tessa Parkinson at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Tessa Parkinson at the International Olympic Committee
- Tessa Parkinson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 420 class world champions
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