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Thomas ("Tom") Martin Parsons (born 5 May 1984 in Birmingham, United Kingdom) is a British
Thomas ("Tom") Martin Parsons (born 5 May 1984 in Birmingham, United Kingdom) is a British athlete
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competing in high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
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Parsons finished 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.
Parsons represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
where he finished 8th with a jump of 2.25.
He has a personal best of 2.30 metres outdoors (2008) and 2.31 metres indoors (2010).
Competition record
Personal life
Parsons was educated at King Edward VI Five Ways school in Birmingham. He studied for a BSC in Sport and PE atUWIC
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* * 1984 births Living people English male high jumpers British male high jumpers Olympic male high jumpers Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 2005 Summer Universiade British Athletics Championships winners Alumni of Cardiff Metropolitan University People educated at King Edward VI Five Ways {{UK-athletics-bio-stub