Rachel Presser

The artistic swimming team consisting of Emily Rogers, Amie Thompson, Carolyn Rayna Buckle, Hannah Burkhill, Kiera Gazzard, Alessandra Ho, Kirsten Kinash and Presser were able to progress to the final, however, they finished ninth.

She was an extremely active child and participated in many sports including dancing, gymnastics and swimming.

When she was nine years old she began artistic swimming after her mother found an advertisement for the local club in the newspaper.

She found she was a natural artistic swimmer as she combined her water awareness, flexibility and dancing abilities.

While completing her Higher School Certificate, she also competed in her first senior competition representing Australia at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest.