Tom Parsons

Date of Birth: 05/05/1984

Born:

Lives: Birmingham

Coach: Fayyaz Ahmed

Domestic Championships Record
2003 – 2nd AAA Indoor U20 Championships, 1st BUSA Indoor Championships, 1st BUSA Championships
2004 – 1st AAA U23 Championships
2005 – 2nd AAA Indoor Championships, 2nd AAA U23 Championships
2006 – 3rd AAA Championships, 2nd AAA U23 Championships
2007 – 3rd Norwich Union European Indoor Champs Trials, 3rd Norwich Union World Champs Trials
2008 – 2nd Norwich Union World Indoor Champs Trials, 1st Olympic Trials
2009 – 3rd Aviva World Trials
2010 – 2nd Aviva European Trials & UK Championships, 2nd Aviva World Indoor Trials & UK Championships

Major Championships Record
2010 – European Championships NM
2008 – Olympic Games 8th
2007 – World Championships 10th, Indoors 9th q
2006 – Commonwealth Games 11th, 2010 5th
2005 – European U23 17th. World University Games 10th
2003 – European Juniors 20th

Tom improved his lifetime best in 2011 to 2.31m taking him to the top of the current rankings.

He made the British team for the World Championships in 2007, where he surprisingly qualified for the final, placing 10th.

The Birchfield Harrier, qualifyed for his second consecutive global final, finishing eighth in Beijing. 2009 was a below par year with only a third place at the Aviva World Trials but 2010 saw him close to his best again with three clearances at 2.28m and after a disappointing European Championships where he failed to clear the bar he bounced back at the Commonwealth Games to finish in fifth place.

Tom got into athletics after 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 and has excelled in swimming, cricket, rugby and skiing outside of athletics. He often wears his “lucky Villa” socks when competing.2008 World Junior 4×400m Relay silver medal;

2008 Commonwealth Youth Games 400m bronze medal in India

2007 World Youths 400m 4th; European Juniors 4×400 bronze,

National Championships

2008 England Indoor Under 20 Indoor gold medal

2007 England Under 20 Indoor 4th; England Under 20 400m 4th;

2006 AAA Indoor Under 17 gold medal; English Schools Under 17 bronze,