Rachelle Simpson
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| Born |
8 January 1988 San Antonio, Texas[1] | |||||||||
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| Sport | High diving | |||||||||
Medal record
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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]
See also
References
- ↑ Sasser, Ray After winning in her debut, San Antonio's Rachelle Simpson took Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series by storm last year Dallas Morning News. September 3, 2015
- ↑ "Women's high divingstartlist of the 2015 World Aquatic Championships". Omega Timing. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ↑ Edmonds, Will and Matthew Knight Rachelle 'Rocco' Simpson: America's queen of cliff diving CNN August 31, 2015
- ↑ Bloomfield, Sam Watch a champion on top of her game Red Bull. September 3, 2015
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Preceded by Cesilie Carlton |
FINA High Diver of the Year 2014, 2015 |
Succeeded by tbd |
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