Tesch Ready To Defend SKUD18 Gold Medal

The Aussie champion Liesl Tesch is all set to take on the world in the 2016 Rio Paralympics sailing event that starts on September 12. She has the gold medal in her name in the two person keelboat race (SKUD18). Tesch started her Paralympics career as a wheelchair basketball player and later took on to sailing where her fortunes changed for good. She has had a successful career in the sailing arena.

It was the Sydney Heads sailing that tempted her to shift her sport of wheelchair basketball to sailing. Her current sailing partner Dan Fitzgibbon reached out to her seeing her documentary about sailors with disabilities. He asked her if she was interested in going for a sail and she readily agreed – joining him on a Trogir Bareboat Yacht Charter. She thought that she could make it to the Paralympics in Rio, but never in her wildest dreams thought that could she try her hand out at the London 2012 Paralympics. She not only took part in the London 2012 event, but also won gold medal along with her partner Dan in 2012. Continue reading “Tesch Ready To Defend SKUD18 Gold Medal”