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. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
In 2023 Parkinson and Rechichi were inducted as a team into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame.