Rachel Harris

{{Short description|Australian swimmer}}

{{Other uses|Rachel Harris (disambiguation)}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Rachel Harris

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| fullname = Rachel Amanda Harris

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| national_team = {{AUS}}

| strokes = Freestyle, medley

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|3|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia

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| height = {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|72|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Australia}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalSilver | 1999 Hong Kong | 800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan Pacific Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 1999 Sydney | 800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 800 m freestyle}}

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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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025704/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/rachel-harris-1.html "Rachel Harris"]. Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 October 2015. She now works as a specialist Sport and Exercise Medicine physician.Rachel A Harris. [https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2018/208/6/life-after-sport-swimming-through-transitions Life after sport: swimming through transitions]. Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6)

Harris won the gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.{{cite web|title=Rachel Harris|url=http://www.commonwealthgames.com.au/results/person/3090.htm|website=Australian Commonwealth Games Association website|accessdate=21 November 2016}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.drrachelharris.com/ |title=Home |website=drrachelharris.com}}[https://www.businessnews.com.au/Person/Rachel-Harris Business News Western Australia]