Elise Rechichi


Country
Birth date
Age
11/01/1986 - Perth (AUS) 
26
Height
Weight
Gender
162 cm / 5'4" 
48 kg / 106 lbs 
F
Sport
RECHICHI Elise

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RankEventYearLocation
Olympic Games
14702008Beijing, CHN
World Championships
34702008Melbourne, VIC, AUS
54702009Copenhagen, DEN
94702011Perth, WA, AUS
274702012Barcelona, ESP
World Cup
14702012Melbourne, VIC, AUS

Hobbies

Cooking, fashion, yoga. (sailing.org, 27 Jun 2012)

Education

Commerce - University of Western Australia, Australia

Language(s) spoken

English

Club name

Royal Perth Yacht Club, Australia

Coach

Victor Kovalenko (olympics.com.au, 04 Jun 2012)

Injuries

She contracted a virus after cutting her foot while launching her boat at an Olympic test event in China in 2006. She lost 20% of her body weight and was sleeping up to 18 hours a day. (Australian Sailing, 22 Oct 2007)

She dislocated her right shoulder when her boat capsized at the 2006 Australian 470 Championships in Perth, Australia. (Australian Sailing, 22 Oct 2007)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She began sailing at age seven in an Optimist in Perth, Australia. (Australian Sailing, 29 Jul 2008; olympics.com.au, 04 Jun 2012)

Reason for taking up this sport
Her father encouraged her to take up the sport. (Australian Sailing Team, 2007)

Hero
Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (olympics.com.au, 04 Jun 2012)

Awards
She was named one of the 2008 Female Sailors of the Year by Yachting Australia. (Yachting Australia, 05 May 2008)

General
TIME OUT
She retired from sailing in July 2009 to focus on her studies. She returned to the sport in October 2011 when her Beijing teammate Tessa Parkinson asked her to partner Belinda Stowell in the 470 class. (theaustralian.com.au, 06 Jun 2012; olympics.com.au, 04 Jun 2012)

PILOT
She has a commercial pilot licence and is a qualified aerobatics pilot. (olympics.com.au, 04 Jun 2012)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008


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