Rachel Ah Koy

Rachel Ah Koy, born May 31, 1989 [ [http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=107916 Biography of Rachel Ah Koy] , official website of the 2006 Commonwealth Games] , 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 [ [http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2002/07/31/commonwealth-games-fijis-ah-koy-pngs-pini-swim-into-semis "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Fiji's Ah Koy, PNG's Pini swim into semis"] , "Pacific Magazine", July 31, 2002] , and a national record in the women's 100 m breaststroke heats, with a time of 1:17.33. [ [http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2002/08/03/commonwealth-games-pacific-champions-finish-seventh-in-games-netball "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Pacific champions finish seventh in games netball"] , "Pacific Magazine", August 3, 2002] Ah Koy also competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games; she qualified for the semi-finals in both the 50 m and 100 m events, but failed to reach the finals. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/results/4783186.stm "Swimming: 50 m breaststroke"] , March 20, 2006] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/results/4783206.stm "Swimming: 100m breaststroke"] , BBC Sport, March 20, 2006]

Ah Koy won a silver medal in the women's 200 m 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. [ [http://www.usp.ac.fj/journ/journ_archive/spg2003/spg_action/spg0407033.html "Bui-Duyet, Pini grab more swimming medals"] , University of the South Pacific, July 4, 2003] Ah Koy won gold in the in the women's 50 m breaststroke. [ [http://www.usp.ac.fj/journ/journ_archive/spg2003/spg_action/spg0107032.html "Pini claims swimming glory"] , Naziah Ali, University of the South Pacific, July 1, 2003] She also competed in the 2007 South Pacific Games [ [http://english.cri.cn/2886/2007/08/28/[e-mail] "Swimming results from 2007 South Pacific Games"] , Xinhua, August 28, 2007] , winning a silver medal in the women's 200 m individual medley, behind New Caledonia's Lara Grangeon. [ [http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?ref=archive&id=69720 "Yee remains hopeful"] , "Fiji Times", September 2, 2007]

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. [ [http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=84846 "Swimmers at turning point new seasons"] , Aaron Kolinisau, "Fiji Times", March 26, 2008]

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