Career
One day, while swimming in the gym's pool, she witnessed a young female diver in-training execute an impressive dive, and she quickly developed an interest in the sport herself. The first time she ever jumped off the 10 meter platform wasn't until she was 15 years old. She would then take up platform diving, where in 1995, she joined the U.S. national team.
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