In June 2012, he won the Jamaican Olympic trials in a then-personal best of 13.18 to qualify for the Jamaican team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. On 8 August 2012, Parchment won the bronze medal in the final of the 110 m hurdles. He ran a then-Jamaican record of 13.12 to clinch third place, behind Aries Merritt and Jason Richardson.