Rachael Elizabeth Watson, OAM (born 30 January 1992) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer.

In her early 20's she acquired Guillain Barre Syndrome that led to severe muscle weakness and peripheral nervous system damage resulting in quadriplegia requiring the use of a wheelchair.

[3] The majority of competitions are held in a multi class (MC) format where each athlete swims against the world record for their classification and the swimmer with the highest point score wins the race.

Watson has myopia and is unable to see the results score board at the end of the pool so remains unaware of her placing until she is told.

[6] Watson qualified for the 2017 World Championships but the competition was cancelled due to a major earthquake in Mexico occurring just a fortnight prior to the event.