Natalia Rahman

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Natalia Rahman
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1982-07-24) 24 July 1982 (age 41)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3+12 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event Skeet
ClubFrankston Australian Clay
Target Club [1]
Coached byGoran Rahman [1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Manchester Skeet pairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Manchester Skeet
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Skeet pairs

Natalia Rahman (born 24 July 1982 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian sport shooter. [2] She won a gold and silver medal in the women's skeet shooting, at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, coincidentally in her home city, accumulating a score of 90 targets. She has also won a bronze medal for Australia at the world cup in Shanghai (and to date remains the only female skeet shooter to win a medal for Australia at a World Cup or World Championships), and bronze medal at the World Championships in Cairo, and silver medal at the World Championships in Finland. [1] [3] Rahman is also the sister of two-time Olympian Paul Rahman (2004 and 2008), and the daughter of her personal coach Goran Rahman. [4]

Rahman represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in women's skeet shooting. She placed eleventh in the qualifying rounds of the event by two points behind Romania's Lucia Mihalache from the final attempt, with a total score of 66 targets. [5]

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References

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