Rachel Presser

Fast Facts

Sport: Artistic Swimming
Event: Team
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020
Year Born: 2001
State Born: NSW

About Rachel

Growing up on the far North Coast of NSW, Rachel Presser was an extremely active child, participating in a range of sports including dancing, gymnastics and swimming.

It wasn’t until she was nine years old that she discovered Artistic Swimming after her mother found an advertisement for the local club in the newspaper.

Due to her sporting background, Rachel found she had natural artistic swimming ability and was able to combine her water awareness, flexibility and dancing abilities to quickly fall in love with the sport.  

A key member of the Gold Coast Mermaids Synchronised Swimming Club, Rachel has been swimming with the club since she started the sport in 2009.

While doing her higher school certificate, the then 17-year-old Rachel competed in her first senior competition in 2017, representing Australia at the FINA World Championships in Budapest. There, she competed as the flyer – the team member who is thrown into the air to perform specific acrobatic skills.

She said that performing tricks and flips in the water was what made her choose Artistic Swimming over her other passions - dance, gymnastics and swimming.

 
Due to a previous incident as a flyer, Rachel found this experience extremely nerve-racking. However, she was able to overcome her fears and perform the routine seamlessly.

Rachel made her Olympic debut at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Aussie squad placed a respectable 9th overall in the tournament, with a technical routine score of 75.6351 and free routine score of 77.3667, earning them a total of 153.0018.