Education
He finished 20th in 2008 in Beijing.
He finished 20th in 2008 in Beijing.
Competing in three Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth in the K-1 event at Athens in 2004. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he represented the United States for the third time. He finished 16th in the K-1 event after being eliminated in the heats.
He qualified a United States K-1 slalom kayak for the 2012 Summer Olympics by finishing 15th at the 2011 World Championships, and then ensured his own qualification by finishing 11th at the 2012 Cardiff World Cup event on the 9th of June 2012.
Parsons attended Saint John"s Jesuit High School in Toledo, Ohio.