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. The artistic swimming team consisting of

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and Buckle were able to progress to the final, however, they finished ninth.

Early years

Buckle was born on 29 August 2000 in

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to a Singaporean mother and an Australian father. At the age of 15, she competed at the

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. Buckle was part of Singapore's squad in the Team event who finished in the top-20 (19th). At the 2019 FINA World Championships in

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. Buckle achieved two top-20 results, placed 20th in the Team Free and 19th in the Team Technical competitions. At FINA's World Series event in April 2019 held in Japan, Buckle was part of Team Singapore that finished 5th in the Team Technical and 6th in the Team Free competitions. Buckle moved to

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in 2020 to study for her Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) at the

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, after completing her studies at the Methodist Girls School in Singapore. She is currently a member of the Sydney Emeralds artistic swimming team, who train at Cook and Phillip Pool at Hyde Park.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buckle, Carolyn Rayna 2000 births Living people Australian synchronised swimmers Australian people of Singaporean descent Singaporean people of Australian descent Singaporean swimmers Singaporean sportswomen Olympic synchronised swimmers for Australia Artistic swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Artistic swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics List of Olympic competitors for Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics