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Stephen Benjamin Parry MBE (born 2 March 1977) is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. He competed internationally in 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly events.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's swimming | ||
Representing  Great Britain | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 2004 Athens | 200 m butterfly |
| European Championships (LC) | ||
| 1997 Seville | 200 m butterfly |
| European Championships (SC) | ||
 | 2002 Riesa | 200 m butterfly |
 | 2002 Riesa | 200 m backstroke |
| 2003 Dublin | 200 m butterfly |
| 2000 Valencia | 200 m butterfly |
| 2000 Valencia | 4×50 m freestyle |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
Representing  England | ||
| 2002 Manchester | 200 m butterfly |
| 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 200 m butterfly |
| 2002 Manchester | 4×200 m freestyle |
Career
After joining Stockport Metro, he set a Commonwealth record at the 2000 US Nationals in Seattle, beating, among others, a very young Michael Phelps. Later that year he qualified for his first Olympic Games in Sydney.
Four years later in Athens, Greece, Parry won Britain's first Olympic swimming medal in eight years at the Athens Summer Olympics in 200-metres butterfly, being beaten by Michael Phelps and Takashi Yamamoto. Phelps had beaten him into 4th place at Sydney four years earlier. Parry retired from competitive swimming in 2005.
He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 200 metres butterfly event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[1][2] Four years later he won a silver and bronze medal in the butterfly and relay events at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[3]
At the ASA National British Championships he won the 100 metres butterfly title in 1997 [4] and was an eight-time winner of the 200 metres butterfly title in 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 .[5][6][7][8]
After retiring, Parry joined up with former training partner Adrian Turner to create a swimming training program for young people called Total Swimming.[9] In June 2022, JD Sports announced they had purchased 60% of Total swimming group, after the group had made £8.6 million at the end of the 2021 fiscal year. JD purchased the stock with an initial cash consideration of £11.1 million with a maximum of £4 million.[10]
He briefly hosted his own Sunday afternoon programme on BBC Radio Merseyside before joining BBC Sport as part of their team covering the swimming at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Personal life
Parry was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2009, days after marrying his wife Thea. The affected testicle was removed before the cancer spread, and in early 2012 he became a father.[11]
Parry was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming.[12]
Personal bests and records
| Event | Long course | Short course |
|---|---|---|
| 200 m freestyle | 1.50.92 | 1.48.39 |
| 100 m backstroke | 53.15 | |
| 200 m backstroke | 1.54.11 | |
| 100 m butterfly | 53.80 | 52.53 |
| 200 m butterfly | 1:55.52 NR | 1.52.91 |
| Key NR:British | ||
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
References
- "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1997, p. 42". Times Digital Archive.
- ""For the Record." Times, 24 July 1995, p. 28". Times Digital Archive.
- ""For the Record." Times, 15 July 1996, p. 38". Times Digital Archive.
- ""For the Record." Times, 21 July 1997, p. 40". Times Digital Archive.
- ""For the record." Times, 29 July 2000, p. ^". Times Digital Archive.
- "We teach an all-important life skill through innovative and enjoyable classes that combine learning with fun". Total Swimming. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Georgia Wright (22 June 2022). "JD Sports acquires 60% stake in Rebecca Adlington's Total Swimming Group". Retail Gazette. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Olympic swimming star: I feared I'd never be a dad after testicular cancer". Daily Mirror. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N23.
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