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| Full name | Rachel Amanda Harris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1979-03-15) 15 March 1979 (age 45) Perth, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. She now works as a specialist Sport and Exercise Medicine physician.
Harris won the gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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.
References
- "Rachel Harris". Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- Rachel A Harris. Life after sport: swimming through transitions. Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6)
- "Rachel Harris". Australian Commonwealth Games Association website. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- "Home". drrachelharris.com.
- Business News Western Australia
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