Tess Madgen (born 12 August 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player.
Madgen was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
[1] Madgen was born 12 August 1990[2] in Barossa Valley, South Australia, where she lived while growing up.
[2][8] In 2008, her team finished first, beating Victoria 99–61 for one of the biggest wins ever in the competition's history.
[2] As a competitor at the 2009 Australian Under-20 national championships, she won the Bob Staunton Award[9] while her team took home silver.
[17] In the third round in a game against the Australian Institute of Sport at the AIS Basketball and Netball Training Hall, she scored 28 points, with a field goal percentage of 75%.
[17] In a November 2010 game against the Adelaide Lightning, she scored 25 points 7 rebounds in a 91–79 win for the Spirit.
[20] In January 2012, she made a clutch shot for her team that helped them beat Canberra.
[20] In 2023, Madgen helped the Northern Kāhu win the Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa championship.
[25] Madgen made her international debut in 2008 with the Australian junior team, earning a gold medal with them at the Oceania World Qualification series.
[2][26] That year, she was also part of the junior national team that won a silver medal at the William Jones Cup in Taiwan.
[2][26] In 2009, she was a member of the Australian junior women's team that competed at the World Championships in Thailand.
[2] She was selected for the squad to compete at the 2011 Chinese hosted Women's 4 Nations Tournament.
[32] Madgen, like all the other members of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opals women's basketball team, had a difficult tournament.