Jarvis Parkinson (born 20 August 1998) is an English swimmer. He won a silver in individual medley as a junior at the European Games. In his first senior international appearance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he won two silver medals in freestyle relays.
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| National team |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 August 1998 Doncaster, England, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Chelsea & Westminster | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Lisa Bates | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life edit
Parkinson is from Hatfield Woodhouse in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He was a student at Trinity Academy in Thorne. He was given swimming lesson while young, and when he was eight, he started to swim competitively for Armthorpe Kingfishers.[1] He was a member of Doncaster Dartes Swimming Club before he moved to train at Loughborough National Centre.[2]
Career edit
In 2015, when he was 16, he took part in the inaugural European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, and won a silver in the 200m individual medley.[3] In 2017, at the British Championships in Sheffield, he broke the English record for his age group in 200m individual medley, winning the event at under 2 minutes.[4]
Parkinson made his first senior appearance in an international competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held at the Gold Coast, Australia.[5] He first won a silver as part of the relay team that won silver in the 4x100m freestyle event.[6] He won a second silver in the 4x200m freestyle.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Competition success for Jarvis". Trinity Academy. 23 September 2013.
- ^ Goodwin, Paul (10 January 2018). "Doncaster swimmer Jarvis Parkinson named in England squad for 2018 Commonwealth Games". Doncaster Free Press.
- ^ Corkhill, Barney (25 June 2015). "Interview: Team GB's Jarvis Parkinson "surprised" by "dream" silver medal in Baku". Sports Mole.
- ^ "Jarvis Parkinson lowers 200m IM age group record in Sheffield". Swimming.org. 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Parkinson to make senior debut on Gold Coast". Swimming.org. 21 March 2018.
- ^ "English men win relay silver to close second day on Gold Coast". Swimming.org. 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Duncan Scott and Siobhan-Marie O'Connor claim swimming gold > Relay silver for England". BBC Sport. 8 April 2018.
External links edit
- Jarvis Parkinson at Team England
- Jarvis Parkinson at Team GB (archived)
- Jarvis Parkinson at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)