Tessa Wallace

Tessa Wallace

Personal information
Full name	Tessa Clare Wallace
Nickname	"Tess"
National team	Australia
Born	(1993-09-09) 9 September 1993 Buderim, Queensland
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Pelican Waters Caloundra
Coach	John Wallace
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Australia Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 200 m breaststroke

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.

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.

External links

• 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