Rachel Ah Koy
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Rachel Ah Koy, born May 31, 1989[1], is a Fiji Islander swimmer.
She competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, setting a national record in the women's 50 metres breaststroke, with a time of 34.99 sec. during the qualifiers[2], and a national record in the women's 100m breastroke heats, with a time of 1:17.33.[3] Ah Koy also competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games; she qualified for the semi-finals in both the 50m and 100m events, but failed to reach the finals.[4] [5]
Ah Koy won a silver medal in the women's 200m individual medley at the 2003 South Pacific Games, at the age of 14, behind New Caledonia's Diane Bui-Duyet and ahead of fellow Fiji Islander Caroline Pickering.[6] Ah Koy won gold in the in the women's 50-metre breaststroke.[7] She also competed in the 2007 South Pacific Games[8], winning a silver medal in the women's 200m Individual Medley, behind New Caledonia's Lara Grangeon.[9]
She was invited by the Fiji Swimming Association to seek a qualifying spot to represent Fiji at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but declined, citing her time-consuming studies at Otago University in New Zealand.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ Biography of Rachel Ah Koy, official website of the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Fiji's Ah Koy, PNG's Pini swim into semis", Pacific Magazine, July 31, 2002
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Pacific champions finish seventh in games netball", Pacific Magazine, August 3, 2002
- ^ "Swimming: 50m breaststroke", March 20, 2006
- ^ "Swimming: 100m breaststroke", BBC Sport, March 20, 2006
- ^ "Bui-Duyet, Pini grab more swimming medals", University of the South Pacific, July 4, 2003
- ^ "Pini claims swimming glory", Naziah Ali, University of the South Pacific, July 1, 2003
- ^ "Swimming results from 2007 South Pacific Games", Xinhua, August 28, 2007
- ^ "Yee remains hopeful", Fiji Times, September 2, 2007
- ^ "Swimmers at turning point new seasons", Aaron Kolinisau, Fiji Times, March 26, 2008
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