Rachel Harris

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Rachel Harris
Personal information
Full nameRachel Amanda Harris
National team Australia
Born (1979-03-15) 15 March 1979 (age 45)
Perth, Western Australia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, medley
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australia
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 1999 Hong Kong 800 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Sydney 800 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 800 m freestyle

Rachel Amanda Harris (born 15 March 1979) is an Australian former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she finished in twelfth position in the women's 800-metre freestyle, and twelfth in the 400-metre individual medley.[1] She now works as a specialist Sport and Exercise Medicine physician.[2]

Harris won the gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]

In 2003, Harris began studying at the University of Western Australia and graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery 2008. She is a sports medicine specialist and Fellow of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians.

Harris is the Chief Medical Officer for Water Polo Australia and is based in Perth, WA.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Rachel Harris". Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  2. ^ Rachel A Harris. Life after sport: swimming through transitions. Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6)
  3. ^ "Rachel Harris". Australian Commonwealth Games Association website. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Home". drrachelharris.com.
  5. ^ Business News Western Australia


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