Parag Patel

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| name = Parag Patel

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| nationality = British

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|12|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kingston upon Thames, England

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| weight = {{convert|71|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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| country = {{ubl|England|Great Britain}}

| sport = Sport shooter

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| event = Fullbore target rifle

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{{MedalSport | Men's shooting }}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold|2006 Melbourne|Fullbore pairs}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Delhi|{{nowrap|Fullbore individual}}}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Glasgow|Queen's Prize pairs}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Gold Coast|Queen's Prize pairs}}

{{MedalSilver|2006 Melbourne|Fullbore individual}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Delhi|Fullbore pairs}}

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{{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|{{nowrap|Queen's Prize individual}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Brisbane|Fullbore pairs}}

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Parag Patel FRCS (born 27 December 1975) is a British sport shooter{{cite web |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/shooting/1026602/p_patel.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140905203743/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/shooting/1026602/p_patel.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=5 September 2014 |title=Glasgow 2014 profile |accessdate=5 September 2014 |work=}} who works as an ear, nose and throat consultant at Kingston Hospital in London.{{cite web |url=http://www.parkside-hospital.co.uk/consultants/mr-parag-patel/ |title=Mr Parag M Patel - Parkside Hospital |accessdate=9 September 2014}}

Patel competed for England in the Queen's prize pairs and individual events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a gold and bronze medal respectively. He had previously won two golds, a silver and a bronze in the full bore rifle events at the two preceding Commonwealth Games.

On 22 July 2017, Patel won the prestigious Gold Medal in the third stage of the Queen's Prize competition during the National Rifle Association's 148th Imperial Meeting, held at Bisley Camp in Surrey, England. Patel managed a rare double, also winning the Silver Medal for highest score in the short-range second stage.{{cite web |title=NRA 148th Imperial Meeting H.M. Queen's Prize, Stage II |url=https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/historical/imperial/2017/100.pdf |website=nra.org.uk |publisher=National Rifle Association |access-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306122613/https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/historical/imperial/2017/100.pdf |archive-date=6 March 2023 |language=en |format=PDF |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=NRA 148th Imperial Meeting H.M. Queen's Prize, Stage III |url=https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/historical/imperial/2017/101.pdf |website=nra.org.uk |publisher=National Rifle Association |access-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306122629/https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/historical/imperial/2017/101.pdf |archive-date=6 March 2023 |language=en |format=PDF |url-status=live}}

In 2018 he won the Pairs event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games with partner David Luckman.{{cite news |title=Commonwealth Games: David Luckman & Parag Patel win Queen's Prize |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43707485 |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=10 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410050846/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43707485 |archive-date=10 April 2018 |language=en-gb}} He won a bronze medal in the individual match.

Patel started shooting at Epsom College and his prodigious talent was in early evidence as he won the Canadian Grand Aggregate as an Atheling in 1994.{{cite web |url=https://www.gbrt.org.uk/sa2017/team-biographies/parag-patel/ |title=Dr Parag M Patel GC2 SB SC |accessdate=5 February 2016 |work=}}