Carter Pfeffer was able to find a shiny silver lining in the black cloud of the COVID pandemic.

The 17-year-old, Grade 12 student at E.L. Crossley was a competitive gymnast at the time the pandemic hit and put sports on hold. Pfeffer continued to train on line but soon became weary of doing the splits on a Zoom call.

“After a few months of that I got very bored with it obviously and when we came back to gymnastics the spark wasn’t there anymore,” Pfeffer said.

Looking to remain active, Pfeffer took a suggestion from his mother to explore diving. 

“I wanted to get into a sport where I could still do all the flipping because that was still fun to me,” he said. “A lot of skills transfer over with the flips and twisting and so I tried that.”

Pfeffer began with a basic learn to dive course and immediately enjoyed the sport.

“I liked it a lot and stuck with it,” he said.

Pfeffer joined a diving club in Burlington and was doing so well it was suggested he move to a competitive team which practised in Etobicoke with coach Tatyana Siroch.

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