Who is Rachel Gunn aka Raygun? All about the Australian breakdancer who is going viral for her moves at the Paris Olympics 2024

By Soumik Bhattacharya

Modified Aug 11, 2024 08:19 GMT

Rachel Gunn, also known by her B-girl moniker Raygun, is an Australian breakdancer who recently competed at the Paris Olympics 2024. The Paris Olympics marked the first quadrennial Games that featured the discipline of breaking.

Competing in Group B of the B-Girls round-robin stage on Friday (August 9), Gunn lost all her battles against Dominika Banevic (Lithuania), Sya Dembele (France), and Logan Edra (United States).

As a result, the Australian breakdancer failed to advance past the round-robin stage at the first Breaking event of the Olympics. Moreover, she also failed to earn a single point in her three battles in the competition. The event itself concluded with the Japanese breakdancer Ami Yuasa taking the gold medal while Banevic clinched the silver medal.

However, following her disappointing performance on Friday, Gunn's performance clips in the round-robin stage went viral on the internet as fans commented on the Australian breakdancer's moves, especially a Kangaroo-like move that she performed.

With all this said, let's know more about the viral breakdancer from Australia, Rachel Gunn.

Rachel Gunn: Family

Gunn was born in the suburb of Hornsby in New South Wales on September 2, 1987. While no information is available about her parents, her Olympic bio states that she is married to Samuel Free who is also a breakdancer and has been in the breaking circuit for more than a decade.

Even though Gunn had a knack for dancing from her childhood days, it was her husband who introduced her to breakdancing, and who also serves as her coach.

Rachel Gunn: Education

Gunn completed her bachelor's degree in music from the Macquarie University in Sydney following which she also completed her PhD in cultural studies from the same university in 2017.

Currently, Gunn is a lecturer at her alma mater, Macquarie University, in the Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Literature and Language.

Rachel Gunn: Other achievements in the breakdancer's career

Gunn entered the circuit of breaking in 2010. She is currently managing her job as a lecturer along with her breakdancing. She is also a former jazz and ballroom dancer.

So far in her breaking career, Gunn has made a name for herself in the Australian breaking circuit with her formidable performances at the 2023 Oceania Breaking Championships where she won the solo B-girl event.

Besides, the New South Wales native has also competed in three editions of the World Breaking Championships from 2021-23.