Viral Olympic Breakdancer Raygun Teases New Career Path After University Job Ends
Also known as Rachael Gunn, the Australian academic is sharing that she left her job at a university to pursue a new endeavor
Rachael "Raygun" Gunn Credit: Harry Langer/DeFodi Images via Getty NEED TO KNOW Rachael "Raygun" Gunn is moving on The former academic is teasing a new career move On Instagram Wednesday, Gunn shared a link to a website with more details Raygun is gunning for a new career after accepting a voluntary buyout from her university job in Australia. The Olympic breakdancer (real name: Rachael Gunn), who went viral for failing to receive a single point from judges at the 2024 Paris Games, is moving on from her job at Macquarie University in Sydney, where she lectured on media and cultural studies, according to The Sydney Morning Herald . “We need to have a serious conversation about higher education in this country,” Gunn, 38, told the Herald on Wednesday, April 29.
She added, “I’m very worried for my colleagues. I don’t think that things are getting better for them. ” On her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, Gunn — who left her position in the Faculty of Arts in February — directed her fans to a website that shows she will now work as a public speaker.
Raygun at the Paris Olympics in 2024. Credit: Harry Langer/DeFodi Images via Getty “It’s official,” the former educator wrote on her Stories post. According to the site, Gunn will offer her services at events, workshops and collaborations, “in-person or virtually, across Australia and internationally.
” The athlete’s latest move comes nearly two years after she failed to get on the board during the first-ever breakdancing competition at an Olympics. Her performance elicited widespread pushback and online hate in which critics alleged she had manipulated the selection process to represent Australia in the competition. Follow your favorite athletes on and off the field with PEOPLE's free sports newsletter — sign up now!