EGBERT Parker

United States of America
Swimming
6 Aug 2003
18
Male
S14,SM14
GREENWOOD, SC
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SWM Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke - S14  
Men's 200m Individual Medley - SM14  

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 200m Individual Medley - SM14 Heat 1
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 100m Backstroke - S14 Heat 3
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Writing, drawing, drama. (indexjournal.com, 26 Jun 2021; apnews.com, 09 Oct 2017)
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Student
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English
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Team Greenville [Greenville, SC, USA]
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Bill Ewell [club]; Karl Kozicki [club]
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He began swimming at age 11 in Greenville, SC, United States of America. (indexjournal.com, 26 Jun 2021; teamunify.com, 03 Jun 2019; indexjournal.com, 24 May 2019)
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He initially tried the sport at the Greenville Special Olympics and Greenwood Young Men's Christian Association [YMCA], before his parents encouraged him to join a club and compete for Team Greenville. (indexjournal.com, 26 Jun 2021; teamunify.com, 03 Jun 2019; indexjournal.com, 24 May 2019)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (indexjournal.com, 26 Jun 2021)
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At 03.30, six days a week, he and his mother Laura drive for 70 minutes to the Greenville County Aquatic Complex, where he takes part in a morning swim session before heading straight to school. After school he returns to the pool for a second swim session. He swims for 3-4 hours per day. Over the years he has gradually built up his swim training frequency from three, to four, then five, and now six days a week. In April 2020 his parents installed an endless pool in their backyard so that he could train during COVID-19. (wyff.com, 26 Jun 2021; indexjournal.com, 26 Jun 2021)
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"Swimming makes me feel peaceful and very, very calm. I love the way the water feels on my face. I feel happy in the water." (wyff.com, 26 Jun 2021; indexjournal.com, 26 Jun 2021)

General Interest

Classification
S14, SB14, SM14 (IPC, 03 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Intellectual impairment (wyff.com, 26 Jun 2021; teamunify.com, 03 Jun 2019)

Impairment Details
He was diagnosed with autism as a young child, and, at 18 months old, he started receiving more than 40 hours of therapy per week. Autism kept him nonverbal until age six. (wyff.com, 26 Jun 2021; apnews.com, 09 Oct 2017)

General
DRAWING AND JOURNALLING
When he is not in the pool, he illustrates and writes short stories based on his swimming achievements, and sends them to the Penguin Project and the Miracle League, both of which are arts and performance charities for impaired children. Ahead of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, he already had a title for his latest work: 'Parker Egbert and the Road to Tokyo', and a title for its first chapter: 'The Adventure Begins'. (indexjournal.com, 26 Jun 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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