Rachel Parish
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Rachel Parish 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 Nottingham University
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.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
international sportswoman who won a shooting
Shooting sports
A shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
gold medal and silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
. Before going to university, she went to Wellington College in Berkshire. Already holding a degree in Biochemistry and Genetics from Nottingham University
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
from 2002, Parish then read Medicine at Southampton University
University of Southampton
The University of Southampton is a British public university located in the city of Southampton, England, a member of the Russell Group. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley. In 1902, the Institution developed...
, 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
Double Trap
Double trap is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed....
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.