Rachel Parish (born 21 May 1981) is an English international sportswoman who won a

shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...

gold medal and silver medal at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

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. Before going to university, she went to Wellington College in Berkshire. Already holding a degree in Biochemistry and Genetics from

The University of Nottingham , mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom , established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status , type = Public , chancellor ...

from 2002, Parish then read medicine at

Southampton University , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

, 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 Charlotte Hollands ( née Kerwood, born 15 September 1986) is a British sports shooter. She won her first Commonwealth Gold medal at the age of 15 at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. In 2015 World Championship, she was part of the British team that ...

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 The ISSF World Shooting Championships are governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation. World Shooting Championships began in 1897, after the successful 1896 Summer Olympics, and although the ISSF was not founded until 1907, these earl ...

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Profile for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
* * 1981 births Living people English female sport shooters Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting Shooters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games British female sport shooters Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{UK-sportshooting-bio-stub