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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 200m Breaststroke. Parkin, who is deaf, also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as the Deaflympics in which he took home 29 gold medals.
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.
In 2011, Parkin saved a young boy from drowning.




2000 Sydney Olympic Games


Parkin 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."




Terence Time






= Holds the Deaf World Record

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50m Swimming Pool

200m breaststroke (2:12.50)
200m Individual Medley (2:03.33)
400m Individual Medley (4:16.92)
25m Swimming Pool

400m Freestyle (3:55.68)
800m Freestyle (8:07.36)
100m Backstroke (58.31)
200m Backstroke (2:02.83)
200m Breaststroke (2:08.91)
200m Medley (1:58.64)
400m Medley (4:10.39)
didn't not put on New World Record

100m Freestyle (50.77) 21 Nov 2009
1500m Freestyle (15:22.28) 17 Oct 2009
200m Backstroke (2:00.60) 6 Dec 2003
200m Breaststroke (2:07.91) 19 Mar 2000
50m Butterfly (25.14) 21 Nov 2009
200m Medley (1:57.87) 2 Feb 2000




= Holds the Deaflympice Record

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50m Swimming Pool

100m breaststroke (1:03.51) 2009
200m breaststroke (2:16.32) 2009




= Terence Parkin Best Time for Short Course (25 m) https://www.fina.org/athletes/1013888/terence-parkin

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Olympics & Deaflympics Results






See also Deaf people in the Olympics


List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)




References

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