Kenneth Parr
![]() Kenneth Parr (right) wins Bronze at 2014 British Air Gun Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | Kenny, Ken Jr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Westminster, England | 3 October 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Sport shooter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kenneth Parr (born 3 October 1988) is a male British sport shooter who has medalled at three Commonwealth Games. In 2016 he won a silver medal at the ISSF World Cup in Baku.
Sport shooting career
Parr has competed for England in three consecutive Commonwealth Games.[1] He won two silver medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, in the 50 metre rifle three positions pairs and Men's 10 metre air rifle pairs with James Huckle. Four years later he won a bronze medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[2]
In 2016 he won a silver medal in the Men's 50m Prone Rifle event at the Baku World Cup. This qualified him for the World Cup Final in Bologna where he finished seventh.
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games he won a second bronze medal in Men's 50m Prone Rifle.[3][4]
In 2019 with teammate Seonaid McIntosh, Kenneth won Bronze in the 50m rifle mixed team event at the European Championships in Bologna.[5]
Personal life
He is the son of the two times Commonwealth Games medallist Ken Parr (sport shooter).[6]
References
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014: England's Kenneth Parr wins bronze in 50m rifle final". BBC Sport. 1 January 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Shooting - Men's 50m Rifle Prone results". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "GB win double bronze at shooting European Championships". BBC Sport. 17 September 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "2018 profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
External links
- Kenneth Parr at ISSF
- Kenneth Parr at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Kenneth Parr at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- English male sport shooters
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Shooters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games