He grew up in Calgary diving competitively. He represented Jamaica at both the 2023 and 2024 world aquatics championships in a bid to qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris.
Jamaican Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson , a diver who is trying out for Canada 's bobsleigh team, trains in Calgary, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson couldn’t have imagined when his high school Halloween costume was a Jamaican bobsledder that he’d eventually intersect with that world of sleds and ice.competitively. He represented Jamaica at both the 2023 and 2024 world aquatics championships in a bid to qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris.
“I’m just looking forward to it because it’s another sport that’s fast and it’s aggressive on the body and that’s what diving is like with flips and everything,” said the 24-year-old.“I’ve done all the levels of sport, except for the Olympics. And I thought, ‘You know what? If there’s a chance to go perform at that level or higher, again, I might as well take it and contribute.’ And that’s a huge opportunity that I can’t deny.
He was working out in a Calgary gym in the spring when Jamaican-born brakeman Lascelles Brown, who pushed Canada to two-man Olympic silver in 2006 and four-man bronze in 2010, suggested bobsled to him. “You can tell he’s been putting in the work. It’s great to see that he’s trying to take advantage of this opportunity that he has to to try a second sport and excel at it.”
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