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| Residence | Auckland, NZL |
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| Club / Team | Papatoetoe Gym: New Zealand |
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| Higher education | Manukau Institute of Technology: Manukau, NZL |
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| Famous relatives | His younger brother John is also a promising boxer. (fighttimes.com, 25 Aug 2010) |
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| Why this sport? | His father encouraged him to take up the sport. |
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| Ambitions | To win a medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and then go to the London Olympics in 2012. (fighttimes.com, 25 Aug 2010) |
| Awards and honours | He is the only New Zealand boxer to ever beat a Cuban boxer in any competition. (tvnz.co.nz, 05 Jul 2010) |
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| Name of coach | Grant Arkell |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He started fighting when he was eleven years old. |
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| Occupation | Student |
| Languages | English |
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| Coach from which country? | New Zealand |
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| Other information | COACH SUPPORT In 2010, his coach Grant Arkell had to fork out NZ $4000 of his own money to send him to Azerbaijan to compete in the World Youth Games, because of the lack of funding for New Zealand Boxing. As a result, Arkell was unable to travel himself so Parker ended up being looked after by the Australian Youth Team coaches. (straitstimes.com, 07 Aug 2010) |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning silver at the 2010 Commonwealth Championship in Delhi and the Youth Olympic Games. (New Zealand Commonwealth Games Guides, 2010) |