Tessa Solomon | |
Birth Date: | 12 January 1979 |
Occupation: | Swimming |
Birth Place: | Willemstad, Curaçao |
Tessa Solomon (born January 12, 1979, in Willemstad, Curaçao) is a retired Curaçao swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. She is a member of the Florida Atlantic Owls swimming and diving team under head coach Steve Eckelkamp, and also, a business graduate at the Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida.[1] [2]
Solomon competed for the Netherlands Antilles in the 100 m backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:04.94 from the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[3] Swimming in heat two, Solomon decided to scratch out from the race, and then withdrew from the Games for personal and health reasons.[4] [5]