Rachel Ah Koy


Rachel Ah Koy is a Fiji Islander swimmer. She is the granddaughter of businessman, politician, and diplomat Sir James Ah Koy.
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, and a national record in the women's 100 m breaststroke heats, with a time of 1:17.33. 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.
Ah Koy won a silver medal in the women's 200m 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. Ah Koy won gold in the women's 100m breaststroke. She also competed in the 2007 South Pacific Games, winning a silver medal in the women's 200m individual medley, behind New Caledonia's Lara Grangeon.
She was invited by the Fiji Swimming Association to seek a qualifying spot to Fiji at the [2008 Summer Olympics|represent Fiji] at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but declined, citing her time-consuming studies at Otago University in New Zealand.