Rachelle Simpson

Rachelle Simpson
Personal information
Born (1988-01-08) 8 January 1988
San Antonio, Texas[1]
Sport
Sport High diving
Updated on 25 August 2015.

Rachelle Simpson (born 8 January 1988) is an American female high diver. She won the gold medal at the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships in the women's high diving.[2]

As an adult she has worked as a professional acrobat and first tried high diving on stage, as part of the cast of "The House of Dancing Water" a Chinese theatrical production combining elements of dance, gymnastics and diving. She later appeared in a 2014 cliff diving series for Red Bull.[3][4]

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Awards
Preceded by
United States Cesilie Carlton
FINA High Diver of the Year
2014, 2015
Succeeded by
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