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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.

Jarvis Parkinson
Personal information
National team Great Britain
Born (1998-08-20) 20 August 1998 (age 24)
Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, medley
ClubChelsea & Westminster
CoachLisa Bates
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
2015 Baku 200 m medley
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast4x100 m freestyle
2018 Gold Coast4x200 m freestyle

Early life


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


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]


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