Yona Knight-Wisdom, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Yona Knight-Wisdom

Date of Birth: 12-May-1995

Place of Birth: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Profession: competitive diver

Nationality: Jamaica

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Yona Roshen Knight-Wisdom (born 12 May 1995) is a Jamaican diver.
He was born in Leeds, UK, but competes for Jamaica.
Knight-Wisdom's father, Trevor Wisdom, is from Jamaica and his mother, Grace Knight, is from Barbados.
He currently dives for City of Leeds Diving club along with British divers Jack Laugher, Chris Mears, Rebecca Gallantree and Alicia Blagg.
He competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
In doing so, he became the first male Jamaican diver at the Olympics, as well as the first male Olympic diver competing from any island in the Caribbean.
Knight-Wisdom studied at Leeds Grammar School, and is a graduate of Leeds Beckett University, where he studied sport and exercise science.