Thomas ("Tom") Martin Parsons (born 5 May 1984 in Birmingham, United Kingdom) is a British athlete competing in high jump.
Parsons has yet to make a major international breakthrough but he has competed at a high level finishing 20th in the 2003 European Juniors, 17th in the 2005 European U23 championships, 10th in the 2005 World University Games, 11th at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and 10th in the World Championships at Osaka.
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Parsons represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the High Jump He qualfieid for the final along with two other Britons with a jump of 2.25.
He was educated at King Edward VI Five Ways school in Birmingham. He studied for a BSC in Sport and PE at UWIC
He is a keen Aston Villa fan, Tom enjoys skiing, playing tennis and reading autobiographies outside of athletics.
His favourite actor is Denzel Washington and his heroes are Stefan Holm, Jonathan Edwards and James Bond.
HJ 2.30 (2008)
Indoor: HJ 2.31(2010)