Katura Horton-Perinchief made history without realising it. In 2004 she became the first black woman, in the world, to compete in the Olympics as a diver.
She had a humble start in the sport at the age of seven in Canada, but it wasn’t her only focus.
“I ended up doing figure skating, gymnastics, diving and swimming,” she told Bernews.
“I was always good at things like gymnastics. As long as it wasn’t a ball sport I was good [at it]. As a kid, I did, as most Bermudian kids did, jumped off of boats and bridges.
“I was doing both diving and gymnastics for a long time, but I quit gymnastics when I was 13 because both diving and gymnastics wanted me full-time, so I had to make a decision.”
When she went off to the University of Texas after high school, it was because of her book smarts rather than her diving talents.
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