Divers Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell Reflect on Being in the Moment of Competing in Paris
Divers Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell notched a sixth-place finish in the women’s synchronized 10-meter platform.
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Athlete Bio#
Age
33
Hometown
Chapel Hill, NC
Education
Duke University
Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 bronze)
- Olympic Games London 2012, bronze (10m Platform Synchro - Men), 9th (10m Platform - Men)
National
- Six-time national champion
- Won 10-meter at 2011 AT&T National Diving Championships
- Won 10-meter at 2008 Kaiser Permanente National Championships
International
- Bronze medalist in synchronized 10-meter at 2012 Olympic Games (9th individually on 10-meter)
- Sixth individually on 10-meter at 2011 World Championships
- Gold medalist in synchronized 10-meter at 2012 FINA World Series meet in Mexico (also won World Series silver in Russia that same year)
- Won silver on 3-meter at 2006 Junior World Championships
Other
- Won NCAA titles on platform all four years he competed for Duke (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
- Earned 11 All-America honors for Duke
- 10-time ACC champion
- Four-time ACC Male Diver of the Year
- ACC Men’s Swimming and Diving Freshman of the Year
- Three-time North Carolina high school state champion
Fun Facts: His uncle, Gordon Downie, won a bronze medal in swimming at the 1976 Olympics for Great Britain (800-meter free relay) ... Nick would like to become a doctor, just like his father ... He’s active in the Little People of America with his younger brother Lucas, and describes himself as arachnophobic, ambitious and level-headed ... He likes to eat sushi, Chinese food and original glazed Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2011 – 5th (10m Platform Synchro - Men), 6th (10m Platform - Men)
- Years of participation: 10m Platform - Men 2009, 2011; 10m Platform Synchro - Men 2011
- Top finish: 5th – 2011 (10m Platform Synchro - Men)
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