Liesl Tesch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Liesl Tesch

Australian politician, wheelchair basketball player and sailor

Date of Birth: 17-May-1969

Place of Birth: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Profession: sailor, politician, basketball player

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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About Liesl Tesch

  • Liesl Dorothy Tesch AM (born 17 May 1969) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player, sailor and politician.
  • She 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.
  • In April 2017, she was elected the member for Gosford in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at the Gosford state by-election.

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