Elise Maree Rechichi

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(born 11 January 1986) is an Australian

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the ...

from

Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

. Rechichi and crewmate

Tessa Parkinson Tessa Parkinson OAM (born 22 September 1986) is an Australian sailor from Perth, Western Australia. Parkinson and skipper Elise Rechichi represented Australia in the 470 __NOTOC__ Year 470 ( CDLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday ...

represented Australia in the

470 __NOTOC__ Year 470 ( CDLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Iordanes (or, less frequently, year 1223 '' ...

class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Qingdao, Shandong, China, winning the gold medal. She was an

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of th ...

scholarship holder. Reichichi is married to racing driver

Karl Reindler Karl Reindler (born 18 April 1985) is an Australian racing driver, who has previously competed in the Supercars Championship. He currently shares duties with Bruno Correia as the Medical Car driver for Formula One. Biography Formula Three Off ...

, and they have two children.

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* * * * * 1986 births Living people Australian Institute of Sport sailors Australian female sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470 Olympic sailors of Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Olympic medalists in sailing People educated at Methodist Ladies' College, Perth Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics 420 class world champions World champions in sailing for Australia 21st-century Australian women {{Australia-yachtracing-bio-stub