Carys Parry (born 24 July 1981) is a

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er. Parry was born in Church Village,

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. She finished sixth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in

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with a personal best throw of 61.80 metres. Her current personal best throw is 66.31 metres, achieved in June 2008 in

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. This is a Welsh record and places Parry fourth amongst British hammer throwers, behind Commonwealth champions

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and

Shirley Webb Shirley Addison (née Webb) (born 28 September 1981) is a British former hammer thrower and performer in the ''Gladiators'' series as Battleaxe. She was born in Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, England and is the daughter of Andrew Webb, a Scottish in ...

, as well as Zoe Derham.
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, she later qualified for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

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2006 Commonwealth Games profile
1981 births Living people People from Church Village Sportspeople from Rhondda Cynon Taf British female hammer throwers Welsh hammer throwers Welsh female athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Wales Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{Wales-athletics-bio-stub