Viral Australian Olympic Breakdancer 'Raygun' is a Communications Professor
![Rachel Gunn, AKA Raygun, competes in Olympic breakdancing](https://d.enstarz.com/en/full/221028/rachel-gunn-aka-raygun-competes-olympic-breakdancing.jpg?w=936&f=8d12f15fdc181cc5a7413899a401aec1)
"Breaking" aka breakdancing made its Olympic debut Friday and spectators were immediately buzzing about the Australian competitor who goes by 'Raygun.'
Viewers may be surprised to find that the 36-year-old competitor, whose full name is Rachel Gunn" is actually a professor at the prestigious Macquarie University in Sydney. Gunn teaches in the communications and media department and specializes in a class titled "the cultural politics of breaking," according to SB Nation.
Judges made the right call here because what was that move lol #Olympics #Breakdancing pic.twitter.com/sXAs9AdHjX
— MⓞNK BLOODY P👑s (@MonkeyBlood) August 9, 2024
There's a breakdancing competition in the olympics and Australia sent a 36 year old dancer named Raygun and every clip is more incredible than the last https://t.co/4ZVJmYmIdd
— Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End, etc (@JasonKPargin) August 9, 2024
I could live all my life and never come up with anything as funny as Raygun, the 36-year-old Australian Olympic breakdancer pic.twitter.com/1uPYBxIlh8
— mariah (@mariahkreutter) August 9, 2024
Gunn is an Australian breaking champion and a major advocate of the sport.
Gunn is also a dance teacher instructing the next generation of B-Girls, "while also working on community outreach with local governments to allow more urban dance spaces in cities to allow spaces for breaking to thrive," according to SB Nation.
Olympic breakdancing… c’mon this not a sport, this isn’t anything except turbo cringe 😬 pic.twitter.com/Vw1RFTRgI4
— CryptoBeesKnees 🐝💯 (@TheBigBeesKnees) August 9, 2024