| 词条 | Terence Parkin |
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|birth_date=12 April 1980 |birth_place=Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |death_date= |death_place= |medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}{{MedalCountry|{{RSA}}}}{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}{{MedalSilver| Sydney 2000 | 200 m breaststroke}}{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (SC)}}{{MedalSilver| 2000 Athens | 200 m breaststroke}}{{MedalSilver| 2000 Athens | 400 m individual medley}}{{MedalCompetition|Pan Pacific Championships}}{{MedalBronze| 1999 Sydney | 200 m breaststroke}}{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}{{MedalSilver|2002 Manchester|200 m breaststroke}} }}Terence Mike Parkin (born 12 April 1980 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) is a swimmer from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 200 metres breaststroke. Parkin, who is deaf, also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2005 Deaflympics in which he took home two gold medals.[1] Parkin is the only deaf swimmer to be part of the FINA's elite rankings in 1999 and 2000. He holds the record for winning the most number of medals in Deaflympics history with a total of 33[2][3][4] In 2011, Parkin saved a young boy from drowning.[5] Achievements
Deaflympics recordsParkin has set 7 Deaflympics records for swimming(Men's).All of these records were set at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics.[6]
2000 Sydney Olympic GamesParkin competed in his first Olympic games in 2000 at the age of 20. He used sign language to communicate with his coach. About his trip to the Olympics, Parkin said "I am going to the Olympics to represent South Africa, but it's so vitally important for me to go, to show that the deaf can do anything. They can't hear, they can see everything. I would like to show the world that there's opportunities for the deaf."[7] See also
References1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.olympic.org/terence-parkin|title=Terence PARKIN - Olympic Swimming {{!}} South Africa|date=2016-06-22|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=2017-09-08|language=en}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Parkin, Terence}}{{SouthAfrica-swimming-bio-stub}}{{SouthAfrica-Olympic-medalist-stub}}2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.deaflympics.com/athletes.asp|title=Deaflympics-record holders|last=|first=|date=|website=www.deaflympics.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-08-31}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.deaflympics.com/athletes.asp?deaflympics_medalists|title=Most medals in Deaflympics history among men and women|last=|first=|date=|website=www.deaflympics.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-09-04}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://deaflympics2017.org/en/the-firsts-and-the-mosts-in-the-history-of-deaflympics-detail/113|title=Deaflympics 2017 Samsun|website=deaflympics2017.org|language=tr|access-date=2017-09-02}} 5. ^http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Olympic-swimmer-saves-boy-20110121. 6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.deaflympics.com/athletes.asp?record/deaflympics/sw/m|title=Deaflympics records for swimming|last=|first=|date=|website=www.deaflympics.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-09-01}} 7. ^Parkin out to win, prove deaf can compete." CNN Sports Illustrated Online. 2000. Retrieved 12 February 2008. 26 : 1980 births|Living people|Sportspeople from Bulawayo|Zimbabwean emigrants to South Africa|Male breaststroke swimmers|South African male swimmers|Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic swimmers of South Africa|Olympic silver medalists for South Africa|Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Deaf sportspeople|South African people of British descent|Zimbabwean people of British descent|Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa|Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa|Olympic silver medalists in swimming|Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming|African Games gold medalists for South Africa|African Games medalists in swimming|Deaf people from South Africa|Goodwill Games medalists in swimming|African Games silver medalists for South Africa|African Games bronze medalists for South Africa |
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