Tom Parsons
Athletics
High Jump
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Date of Birth: |
05/05/1984 |
| Lives: |
Birmingham |
| Born: |
Birmingham |
| Country of Birth: |
England |
| Height: |
192 |
| Weight: |
78 |
| Club: |
Birchfield Harriers |
| Coach: |
Fayyaz Ahmed |
| Occupation: |
Athlete |
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Career summary
Tom got into athletics through watching the Barcelona Olympics – and also from seeing the AAA championships staged in Birmingham when he was a youngster.
He studied for a BSC in Sport and PE at UWIC
He is a keen Aston Villa fan who enjoys 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.
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International Highlights
2003: European Juniors 20th
2005: European U23 17th, World University Games 10th
2006: Commonwealth Games 11th
2007: Worlds 10th
Personal bests
HJ 2.29 (2007)
Indoors: HJ 2.24 (2008)
National Championships
Won AAA U23 2004