{{short description|Australian swimmer}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Tessa Wallace | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | alt = | caption = | fullname = Tessa Clare Wallace | nicknames = "Tess" | national_team = Australia | strokes = Breaststroke | club = Pelican Waters Caloundra | coach = John Wallace | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|9|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Buderim, Queensland | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.72|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|59|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's swimming}} {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver | 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.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Tessa Wallace |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/tessa-wallace-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204042153/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/tessa-wallace-1.html |archive-date=4 December 2016}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{World Aquatics|1020188}} * {{Swimrankings}} * {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906192610/http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=38992 |date=6 September 2015 |title=Tessa Wallace at Swimming Australia}} * {{AOC}} * {{CGA|tessa-wallace}} * {{Olympics.com|tessa-wallace}} * {{Olympedia}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wallace, Tessa}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Australian female breaststroke swimmers Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Category:Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:Olympic swimmers for Australia Category:Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from the Sunshine Coast Category:Sportswomen from Queensland Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen