Tessa Parkinson

Tessa Parkinson

Parkinson in 2008
Personal information
Born	22 September 1986 (1986-09-22) (age 38) Perth, Western Australia
Medal record Women's sailing Representing   Australia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Women's 470 class

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]

In 2023 Parkinson and Rechichi were inducted as a team into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. ^[3]

See also

• List of World Championships medalists in sailing (juniors and youth classes)

References

1. 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.
2. "AIS at the Olympics". ausport.gov.au. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
3. "News - Australian Sailing". www.sailing.org.au. Retrieved 25 August 2025.

External links

Media related to Tessa Parkinson at Wikimedia Commons

• Tessa Parkinson at World Sailing ( archive )
• 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)