Sarah Teelow
Sarah Rachel Teelow (born August 30, 1993 in Portland , Victoria , † November 25, 2013 in St Leonards , New South Wales ) was an Australian water ski racer.
Life
Teelow was born in 1993 in Portland, Victoria, as the daughter of water ski racer Tania Williams and New Zealander Chris Teelow. Her mother won the Australian Water Ski Championship from 1984 to 1989 under her maiden name Tania Williams . Sarah Teelow attended St. John's College in Dubbo City before starting her kinesiology degree at the University of Technology, Sydney in 2012 . Teelow lived in Wellington , New South Wales until her death .
Sports career
Teelow started her waterskiing career in 2007 at the age of 13 at a national competition at the Burrendong Dam , before taking part in a world championship for the first time two years later. At the competition in Belgium she finished fourth as a newcomer. In the following years competitions in the USA, Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Spain, Germany and Italy followed, before Teelow won the Formula Two water ski world championship at the World Waterski Racing Championships on the Canary Islands in Spain in September 2013 . She followed in the footsteps of her mother Tania Teelow, who won the 2007 world championship title.
death
Teelow had an accident on November 24, 2013 at the Bridge-to-Bridge Classic's with her water skis on the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney . After her fall, she was rescued and flown to the Royal North Shore Hospital in St Leonards, New South Wales, where she succumbed to her injuries a day later.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sarah Teelow Dead: Australian Waterskier Dies After Crash In Bridge-To-Bridge Race ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Spiegel Online : Australia: Water ski driver dies after an accident in a long-distance race on November 25, 2013
- ↑ Friends remember star water skier Teelow
- ↑ Teelow, Tania - Ski Racing Australia ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 295 kB)
- ↑ Articles - Region V
- ↑ World champion waterskier Sarah Teelow fighting for life after an accident on the Hawkesbury River from November 24, 2013
- ↑ The Guardian : Waterski champ Sarah Teelow this after falling in high-speed river race from November 25, 2013
- ↑ pdated Ski Racing Australia Statement ( Memento of the original dated November 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Water skier wins Formula 2 category in Spain
- ↑ World water-ski champ fights for life - www.cowracommunitynews.com ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Water skiing champion Sarah Teelow critical after Bridge to Bridge race fall on Hawkesbury Rive
- ^ Teelow fighting for her life | Daily Liberal
- ↑ N24 : Water ski world champion succumbs to fall injuries on November 25, 2013
- ↑ Sarah Teelow, champion water-skier, 20, dies after cardiac arrest and spinal injuries in 80mph crash
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Teelow, Sarah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Teelow, Sarah Rachel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian water skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Portland , Victoria , Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 2013 |
| Place of death | St Leonards , New South Wales , Australia |