IFDS Worlds 2011 - Liesl Tesch Tesch's paralympic dream

10:31 PM Mon 4 Jul 2011 GMT

'Daniel Fitzgibbon,Skud,AUS 47 and Liesl Tesch - IFDS Worlds 2011' Paul Wyeth / RYA

IFDS Worlds 2011. Liesl Tesch has won three Paralympic medals at five previous Games in wheelchair basketball. Now having switched to sailing, Tesch is hoping for success at the IFDS Worlds which will help her on her way to winning the elusive Paralympic gold. Australian SKUD crew Liesl Tesch hopes she and Dan Fitzgibbon's performance at the IFDS Disabled Sailing Combined World Championships 2011 this week will help towards her completing a unique Paralympic medal set, having already won three Paralympic medals in wheelchair basketball! The 42-year-old high school teacher from New South Wales, and helmsman Fitzgibbon moved to within ...

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