Scott Parsons


Scott Parsons is an American slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1994 to 2012.
Competing in three Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth in the K1 event at Athens in 2004. He finished 20th in 2008 in Beijing. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he represented the United States for the third time. He finished 16th in the K1 event after being eliminated in the heats.
He qualified a US K1 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 St. John's Jesuit High School in Toledo, OH. His former wife Lauren Bixby was also a kayaker before she had to retire due to injury.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
200018 Jun 2000Ocoee3rdK1
200620 Aug 2006Madawaska2ndK11
20078 Jul 2007Tacen2ndK1
20085 Jul 2008Augsburg3rdK1