Rachel Harris

Rachel Amanda Harris (born 15 March 1979) is an Australian freestyle and medley swimmer who competed for her native country 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 & Exercise Medicine physician [2].

This article is about the Australian Olympic swimmer. For the American actress, see Rachael Harris. For other people named Rachel Harris, see Rachel Harris (disambiguation).

Rachel Harris
Personal information
Full nameRachel Amanda Harris
National team Australia
Born (1979-03-15) 15 March 1979
Perth, Western Australia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, medley

Harris won the gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] She was also the winner of the silver medal in the 800m Freestyle at the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Hong Kong in 1999.

In 2003 Harris began studying at the University of Western Australia and graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery 2008. Since graduation she has completed a Diploma of Child Health (2012, PMH, WA) and IOC Diploma of Sports Medicine (2015, International Olympic Committee).. 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. https://www.drrachelharris.com/
  5. Business News Western Australia
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.