Rachel Parish

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Rachel Parish
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1981-05-21) 21 May 1981 (age 44)
Occupation Doctor
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
Sport Sport shooter
Event Trap
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
ISSF Grand Prix
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Moscow Team double trap
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Moscow Double trap
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Double trap pairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2006 MelbourneDouble trap
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Double trap
Commonwealth Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Brisbane Double trap
Updated on 10 November 2017

Rachel Parish (born 21 May 1981) is an English international sportswoman who won a shooting gold medal and silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Before going to university, she went to Wellington College in Berkshire. Already holding a degree in Biochemistry and Genetics from The University of Nottingham from 2002, Parish then read medicine at Southampton University, graduating as a doctor in 2007. Parish is also a keen fencer, and has captained both the Nottingham and Southampton university fencing teams.

Selected for the Commonwealth Games at Melbourne in 2006, she shot in the double trap pairs competition in partnership with Charlotte Kerwood and together they took the gold medal. Rachel also won a silver medal in the double trap individuals.

She also claimed double trap team silver and individual bronze at the 2017 ISSF Grand Prix in Moscow, which was held alongside (but not part of) that year's World Shotgun Championships. [1]

References

  1. "DOUBLE TRAP WOMEN - INDIVIDUAL / TEAM" (PDF). ISSF. Retrieved 10 November 2017.