Rachel Parish

Rachel Parish

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1981-05-21) 21 May 1981
Occupation	Doctor
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Sport shooter
Event	Trap
Medal record Women's shooting Representing Great Britain European Championships 2016 Lonato del Garda Double trap 2016 Lonato del Garda Double trap mixed ISSF Grand Prix 2017 Moscow Team double trap 2017 Moscow Double trap Representing England Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Double trap pairs 2006 Melbourne Double trap 2014 Glasgow Double trap Commonwealth Championships 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.

External links

• Profile for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
• "Commonwealth Games 2014: Rachel Parish relishing chance". BBC Sport. 16 Jul 2014. Retrieved 13 Jul 2016.
• "GB's Rachel Parish wins double trap gold at European Championships". BBC Sport. 11 Jul 2016. Retrieved 13 Jul 2016.