Davidson de Souza grew up about as far away from a bobsled track as possible.
He was raised in a favela outside of Sao Paulo, Brazil, but the first time he slid down the ice at Calgary’s WinSport facility, de Souza knew he was home.
That was more than a decade ago when de Souza was training with Brazil’s bobsled team. Now he’s a brakeman for the Canadian squad striving for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics.He grew up in an impoverished neighbourhood with his mother and brother, and started working at eight years old. Out on the cramped streets, he’d offer to take care of strangers’ parked cars, hoping they’d give him some coins in exchange.At 12, he joined a local track program because it offered free food after practice.
He set up in Calgary, alone, speaking very little English and facing massive culture shock. He started working on his dream of competing for Canada, but stepped away from the sport a few years later after becoming a father.Doctor charged with sexual assaulting patients at Calgary clinicCanada ‘always ready’ to increase U.S. border resources if needed: Public Safety Minister
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