James Guy Parrack (born 10 March 1967, Cheltenham, England) is a male English sports journalist and former competitive swimmer.
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| Born | 10 March 1967 Cheltenham, England | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Swimming career edit
As a breaststroke swimmer, he represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games on Seoul.[1] He represented England a silver medal in the 100 metres breaststroke, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2] Four years later he represented England again at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in the 100 metres breaststroke event.[3]
He was also four times ASA British national champion in the 100 metres breaststroke (1988, 1994, 1995) [4][5][6] and 50 metres breaststroke (1995).[7]
Journalism edit
Parrack currently commentates on swimming for the Eurosport television channel with Drew Gordon. He has also written for The Independent newspaper and various swimming magazines.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Profile". Sports reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Downes, Steven. "Personal best for inspired Parrack." Times, 30 July 1988, p. 40". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 1 Aug. 1994, p. 23". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 22 July 1995, p. 39". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 21 July 1995, p. 38". Times Digital Archive.