Name: Kassidy Cook
Sport: Diving
Event(s): 3-meter springboard
Height: 5'4"
DOB: 5/9/1995
Birthplace: Plantation, Fla.
Hometown: The Woodlands, Texas
College: Stanford University (2018)
Team/Club: Philadelphia Diving Academy
Coach(es): Ian Forlini
Olympic Experience
- Rio 2016 Olympic Games: 13th (3-meter individual)
World Championship Experience
- 2011: 7th, synchronized 3-meter
Other Career Highlights
- 2020 World Cup team member
- 2016 World Cup team member (7th, 3-meter)
- 10-time national champion
- 2011 Pan American Games team member (bronze medal, synchronized 3-meter)
- 2010 Junior World Championships gold medalist (1-meter, 3-meter)
- Seven-time Junior Pan American champion
Personal:
Daughter of Kevin and Laura Cook...Has five siblings: Kevin, Kara, Kelsey, Kylie and Kendall...Kassidy started diving at the age of three, and her sister, Kara, was a diver at Purdue University...She says she is extremely good at Games of Thrones and Harry Potter trivia ...Kassidy narrowly missed making the 2012 Olympic team by .42 points and then was away from competition for two years while recovering from shoulder and knee surgeries ...She says the hardest part about training is the mental aspect...During competition, she likes to dance and listen to music Migos, Cardi B, Travis Scott and Taylor Swift are among her favorites) between dives...Her favorite dive is 305B...Enjoys cooking, reading, hiking, watching Netflix, and playing other sports...Majored in communications at Stanford
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