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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
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, medley
Club	Chelsea & Westminster
Coach	Lisa Bates
Medal record Representing  Great Britain European Games 2015 Baku 200 m medley Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 4x100 m freestyle 2018 Gold Coast 4x200 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]

References

External links

• "Jarvis Parkinson". Team England.

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