Natalia Rahman
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| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 July 1982 Melbourne,Victoria,Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft3+1⁄2in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Skeet | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Frankston Australian Clay Target Club[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Goran Rahman[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Natalia Rahman(born 24 July 1982 inMelbourne,Victoria) is an Australian sport shooter.[2]She won a gold and silver medal in the women's skeet shooting, at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, a gold medal at the2006 Commonwealth Games,coincidentally in her home city, accumulating a score of 90 targets. She has also won a bronze medal for Australia at the world cup in Shanghai (and to date remains the only female skeet shooter to win a medal for Australia at a World Cup or World Championships), and bronze medal at the World Championships in Cairo, and silver medal at the World Championships in Finland.[1][3]Rahman is also the sister of two-time OlympianPaul Rahman(2004 and 2008), and the daughter of her personal coach Goran Rahman.[4]
Rahman representedAustraliaat the2008 Summer OlympicsinBeijing,where she competed inwomen's skeetshooting. She placed eleventh in the qualifying rounds of the event by two points behind Romania'sLucia Mihalachefrom the final attempt, with a total score of 66 targets.[5]
References
[edit]- ^abc"ISSF Profile – Natalia Rahman".ISSF.Retrieved29 January2013.
- ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Natalia Rahman".Olympics at Sports-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 18 April 2020.Retrieved29 January2013.
- ^Wright, Shane (21 March 2006)."Skeet pairs champs shoot to success".The Age.Retrieved29 January2013.
- ^Reed, Ron (11 March 2008)."Natalia Rahman joins brother and ignores father's advice".The Sun-Herald.Retrieved29 January2013.
- ^"Women's Skeet Qualification".NBC Olympics.Archived fromthe originalon 20 August 2012.Retrieved29 January2013.
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