Tesch celebrates at the 2012 London Paralympics with her gold medal
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Gosford
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 April 2017
Preceded by
Kathy Smith
Parliamentary Secretary for Disability Inclusion, Families and Communities
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 April 2023[1]
Minister
Kate Washington
Premier
Chris Minns
Preceded by
Melinda Pavey (as Parliamentary Secretary for Stronger Communities and Families, and the North Coast)
Personal details
Born
Liesl Dorothy Tesch
(1969-05-17) 17 May 1969 (age 55) Brisbane, Queensland
Nationality
Australian
Political party
Labor
Occupation
Politician, Paralympian
Sports career
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games
2000 Sydney
Women's wheelchair basketball
2004 Athens
Women's wheelchair basketball
2008 Beijing
Women's wheelchair basketball
Sailing
Paralympic Games
2012 London
Mixed Two Person Sailing SKUD18
2016 Rio
Mixed Two Person Sailing SKUD18
IFDS World Championships
2014 Weymouth
Mixed Two Person Sailing SKUD18
2014 Halifax
Mixed Two Person Sailing SKUD18
2015 Melbourne
Mixed Two Person Sailing SKUD18
2016 Medemblik
Mixed Two Person Sailing SKUD18
Liesl Dorothy Tesch AM (born 17 May 1969) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player, sailor, and politician. She is a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Gosford since the 2017 Gosford state by-election.
Tesch became an incomplete paraplegic after a mountain bike accident at the age of 19. She competed in her national wheelchair basketball team at five paralympics, winning three medals, and was the first woman to play the sport professionally. She took up sailing in 2010, winning gold medals at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympics with partner Daniel Fitzgibbon.
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