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RACHEL DRABBLE
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Club: Liverpool
Coach: Goran Dacre
DOB: 5th March 1989
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 61kg
Born: South Africa
Lives: Manchester
Occupation: Lifeguard
Nickname: Drabble


GENERAL INFORMATION

Favourite event: The Olympics!

Finest ever performance/Why: European Junior Championships 2008, I was the team captain, which is a great honour and we improved on two places (9th in 2007 and 7th in 2008). We lost to Spain by two goals! The team played awesome.

First senior international meet: Hungary, 2007

Role models: Rita Drávucz (Hungarian national player), Aiello Rosaria (Italian national player)

Tip for the top: Always give 110% and you can achieve whatever you want

Life after water polo: planning to go to university

Music: Razorlight, Ne-yo, Rihanna, songs on the radio

If I wasn’t a water polo player, I would be a: University student

Describe yourself in three words: Kind, caring and determined

Would most like to meet: Tamas Kasas (Hungarian national Men’s team)

Most prized possession: My GHD’s

Biggest influence on career: My family and friends

Sporting Relations: My step-dad raced motorbikes; my sister plays water polo and football for her local club.

 

 

 

LAST UPDATED 14th November 2008


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