Douglas Robert "Doug" Parnham (born 23 July 1951) is a

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er who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in three

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, he earned his best finish of seventh in the K-1 1000 m event at

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. He then went on to coach rowing, as of 2018, he coaches

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* 1951 births Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Great Britain British male canoeists {{UK-canoe-bio-stub