Tom Parsons (high jumper)
Thomas Martin Parsons is a British athlete competing in high jump.
Parsons finished 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.
Parsons represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the high jump where he finished 8th with a jump of 2.25.
He has a personal best of 2.30 metres outdoors and 2.31 metres indoors.Personal life
Parsons was educated at King Edward VI Five Ways school in Birmingham. He studied for a BSC in Sport and PE at UWIC
