Kenneth Parr
{{short description|British sport shooter}}
{{for|sport shooter born 1962|Ken Parr (sport shooter)}}
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| caption = Kenneth Parr (right) wins Bronze at 2014 British Air Gun Championship
| nickname = Kenny, Ken Jr
| nationality = {{GBR}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Westminster, England
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| height = {{convert|6|ft|0|in|cm|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| country = England
| sport = Sport shooter
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{{MedalSport | Men's shooting }}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2008 Granada|50m Rifle Prone Junior Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Baku|50m Rifle Prone}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Shooting Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Bologna|50m Rifle Prone Mixed Team}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2010 New Delhi|Men's 50 metre rifle three positions pairs}}
{{MedalSilver|2010 New Delhi|Men's 10 metre air rifle pairs}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Glasgow|50 metre rifle prone}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|50 metre rifle prone}}
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Kenneth Parr (born 3 October 1988) is a male British sport shooter who has medalled at three Commonwealth Games. In 2016, he won a silver medal at the ISSF World Cup in Baku.
Sport shooting career
In 2006, Parr was selected to represent Great Britain at the World Championships in Zagreb. Teammate Matthew Thomson became junior world champion in the 50m prone rifle event, and together with Richard Phillips, the three won the junior men's team event.{{cite web |title=World Championship Medals in Zagreb |url=https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/392 |publisher=British Shooting |access-date=16 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311163612/https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/392 |archive-date=11 March 2022 |language=en |date=19 January 2007 |url-status=live}}
In April 2007, Parr set a new British junior record in the 50 meter rifle three positions event at the ISCH Meeting in Hannover.{{cite news |title=Equal Junior Record for Parr |url=https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/530 |access-date=16 November 2023 |publisher=British Shooting |date=3 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311160102/https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/530 |archive-date=11 March 2022 |language=en-gb}}
Parr has competed for England in three consecutive Commonwealth Games.{{cite web |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1026601/kenneth_parr.html|title=Glasgow 2014 profile |accessdate=7 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907143154/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1026601/kenneth_parr.html |archive-date=7 September 2014 |url-status=usurped}} He won two silver medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, in the 50 metre rifle three positions pairs and Men's 10 metre air rifle pairs with James Huckle. Four years later he won a bronze medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web |title=Glasgow 2014: England's Kenneth Parr wins bronze in 50m rifle final |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/commonwealth-games/28528030 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510151817/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/commonwealth-games/28528030 |archive-date=10 May 2021 |language=English |date=1 January 2015}}
In 2016, he won a silver medal in the Men's 50m Prone Rifle event at the Baku World Cup. This qualified him for the World Cup Final in Bologna where he finished seventh.
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he won a second bronze medal in Men's 50m Prone Rifle.{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Games: Shooting - Men's 50m Rifle Prone results |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43707834 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517023923/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43707834 |archive-date=17 May 2022 |language=English |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/57797|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=6 January 2020|archive-date=15 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215122939/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/57797|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Gold Silver & Bronze For Home Nations! |url=https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/1465 |access-date=16 November 2023 |publisher=British Shooting |date=9 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308190954/https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/1465 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |language=en}}
In 2019, with teammate Seonaid McIntosh, Kenneth won Bronze in the 50m rifle mixed team event at the European Championships in Bologna.{{cite web |title=GB win double bronze at shooting European Championships |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/49735766 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927103259/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/49735766 |archive-date=27 September 2019 |language=English |date=17 September 2019 |url-status=live}}
Personal life
He is the son of the two times Commonwealth Games medallist Ken Parr (sport shooter).{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/shooting/athlete-profile-n6032494-kenneth-parr.htm|title=2018 profile|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
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Category:English male sport shooters
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Shooters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in shooting
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in shooting
Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games