Jessica Parratto is preparing for the Olympic Diving Trials starting June 13 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
A two-time Olympic diver from Dover, New Hampshire is coming out of retirement hoping to compete in Paris.
When she was 14, Jessica Parratto moved to Indiana to train at USA Diving’s national training center. She lived with a host family for six months until her parents could join her.“My parents, when I asked them about it, they were never like, oh, you should go for it. They were like, nope, this is a decision you need to make. If this is something that you want to do in your life and you're passionate about it, then you need to go for it,” said Parratto.
Parratto earned a silver medal in the synchronized 10m platform, with her diving partner Delaney Schnell. She captured the moment she brought her medal home to her parents, who couldn’t be there with her because of the pandemic.After years of coaching Olympics athletes who won a dozen medals, it was the first time her father held one.
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