Tessy Scholtes

{{Short description|Luxembourgish karateka and politician}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's karate }}

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{{MedalCompetition | World Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 2001 Akita | Kumite open }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 2002 Madrid | Kumite open }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2003 Bremen | 60 kg }}

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Tessy Scholtes (born 1 June 1981 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish karateka and politician.

In 2002, she finished as runner-up in the world championships in the kumite 60 kg+ category. For the achievement, she won the title of Luxembourgish Sportswoman of the Year. On 7 December 2009 she announced her retirement for personal reasons.

She is a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV). In the 2009 election to the Chamber of Deputies, Scholtes ran in the Centre constituency.{{cite news |title=Tessy Scholtes kandidiert für CSV |newspaper=Luxemburger Wort |date=24 January 2009 |url=http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/06156/tessy-scholtes-kandidiert-fuer-csv.php |language=de |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090127053357/http://wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/06156/tessy-scholtes-kandidiert-fuer-csv.php |archivedate=27 January 2009 }} She finished thirteenth on the CSV list.{{cite web |last= |first= |title=2009: Circonscription Centre |url=http://www.elections.public.lu/fr/elections-legislatives/2009/resultats/circonscriptions/centre/index.html |date=14 July 2009 |publisher=Service Information et Presse |accessdate=2009-04-10 |language=fr}} On 3 May 2011 she was sworn into parliament in order to replace Mill Majerus, who had recently died in a car accident.{{cite news |title=Tessy Scholtes im Parlament vereidigt |newspaper=Luxemburger Wort |date=3 May 2011 |url=http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/2011/05/149216/tessy-scholtes-im-parlament-vereidigt.php |language=de |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505225004/http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/2011/05/149216/tessy-scholtes-im-parlament-vereidigt.php |archivedate=5 May 2011 }}