- Tom Parsons (athlete)
Thomas Martin {Tom) Parsons (born
5 May ,1984 inBirmingham ,United Kingdom ) is a British athlete competing inhigh jump .Parsons has yet to make a major international breakthrough but he has competed at a high level finishing 20th in the 2003 European Juniors, 17th in the 2005 European U23 championships, 10th in the 2005 World University Games, 11th at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and 10th in the World Championships at Osaka.
2008 Summer Olympics Parsons represented
Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the High Jump He qualfieid for the final along with two other Britons with a jump of 2.25.Personal life
He studied for a BSC in Sport and PE at UWIC
He is a keen Aston Villa fan although began life as a big Birmingham City Fan, Tomenjoys skiing, playing tennis and reading autobiographies outside of athletics.
He works part time at Aston University Library.
His favourite actor is Denzel Washington and his heroes are Stefan Holm, Jonathan Edwards and James Bond.
Personal bests
HJ 2.30 (2008)
Indoor: HJ 2.24 (2008)
References
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