Tessa Clare Wallace (born 9 September 1993) represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, her debut into major international meets. Wallace's only Commonwealth Games race, the 200-metre breaststroke, was held on Wednesday 6 October. After a solid heat she qualified 6th for the final, where she came second to ex-world record-holder and fellow Australian, Leisel Jones. Not far behind Tessa, Sarah Katsoulis finished 3rd, completing an Australia sweep of gold, silver and bronze medals.
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| Full name | Tessa Clare Wallace | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Tess" | ||||||||||||||
| National team | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 September 1993 Buderim, Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Pelican Waters Caloundra | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | John Wallace | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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On 20 March 2012, Wallace qualified for her first Olympic Games. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she advanced to the semifinals of the women's 200-metre breaststroke, and finished with the 15th-best time overall.
References
editExternal links
edit- Tessa Wallace at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Tessa Wallace at Olympics.com
- Tessa Wallace at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Tessa Wallace at World Aquatics
- Tessa Wallace at Swimming Australia at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 September 2015)
- Tessa Wallace on Twitter
