When Jerry Windle watches his son Jordan Windle, a U.S. Olympic diver, compete in the Tokyo Olympics, he says he will be thinking about the incredible journey it took to get there.
That changed when Windle, after the death of his mother, switched careers and moved from California to Florida when he was in his mid-30s. While waiting at a doctor's office in Florida, he said he began reading a magazine that profiled a single dad who adopted a son.
Windle brought his son, whom he named Jordan, home to the United States in June 2000, five months after he began the adoption process. "They let them jump off the diving board one day and when I dropped him off again, the guy who was running the camp asked if he could talk to me," said Windle."He said, 'You need to get this child into diving. ... He will be a national champion one day. He may even be an Olympian one day.'"Jerry Windle poses with his son Jordan Windle, whom he adopted when Jordan was 18-months-old.
The family later moved to Indianapolis and North Carolina so that Jordan could continue his diving career.U.S. Olympic diver Jordan Windle is seen in this family photo after winning a diving competition as a child., the head diving coach at Duke University. After narrowly missing earning spots on the U.S. Olympic Diving Team in the two previous Olympic trials, Jordan, a senior at the University of Texas,Jordan Windle competes in the men's 10-meter platform final during 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials at Indiana University Natatorium on June 12, 2021 in Indianapolis.Jordan Windle reacts in the men's 10-meter platform final during 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials at Indiana University Natatorium on June 12, 2021 in Indianapolis.
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