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Terence Mike Parkin (born 12 April 1980 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) is a deaf swimmer from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 200 metres breaststroke. Parkin also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2005 Deaflympics in which he took home two gold medals.
In 2011, Parkin saved a young boy from drowning.[1] http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Olympic-swimmer-saves-boy-20110121.

Jump up^ Parkin out to win, prove deaf can compete. " CNN Sports Illustrated Online.

brother or sisters and is the only one deaf in his family began swimming at 122 years old born deaf currently married and his 2 daughters and was born in
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe,South Africa and is a deaf swimmer who has won a silver medal at the 2000 summer olympics in 200 metres breaststroke .
Since terence parkin was a deaf swimmer he couldnt hear the shooting of the gun when it was time to begin a race so he relied a lot on his coach to tell him when to start while Micheal phelps has 22 medals in total, parkin has 24 gold medals and 29 medals in total
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He has a school named after him. Its called Parkin Windex Academy and is coaching swimming there.
And in 2011 parkin saved a 7 year old boy from drowning sources http://deafness.answers.com/celebrities/terrence-parkin-life-and-history http://www.southafrica.info/news/sport/deaflympics-parkin-120713.htm#.U07b_lVdVv0 http://www.accidents.co.za/2011/01/20/sa-olympic-swimmer-terence-parkin-saves-life-with-cpr/

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