{"id":258,"date":"2017-02-02T17:35:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T17:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportwithoutboundaries.co.uk\/?p=258"},"modified":"2017-02-02T17:35:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T17:35:06","slug":"jordan-okonta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportwithoutboundaries.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/02\/02\/jordan-okonta\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Okonta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-258\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-258-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-258-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-258-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Jordan Okonta<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Jordan is a current world champion having competed in the Special Olympics in Los Angeles last summer. He arrived at Oak Grove College in 2010 as a shy nervous boy with very little speech. It did not take long to realise that he was a talented sports man. He learnt to swim and went to his first SWB swim gala where he won a medal. The look of achievement on his face was amazing. His confidence grew and he was keen to get involved in other SWB events. At the Indoor Athletics his talent was discovered as he excelled at jumping recording the longest jump of the day. This was the start of his athletics career; he was invited to join the Special Olympics squad in Worthing where he trained incredibly hard. He now travels over the country to compete at regional and national level.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan has:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Gained National standards in Long jump, High jump 1500m 800m 400m<\/li>\n<li>Won gold medals in all these at National competitions.<\/li>\n<li>Been invited to the Sainsbury\u2019s talent ID program 2013<\/li>\n<li>Been invited to the Parallel Success Academy 2014<\/li>\n<li>Competed in the Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015<\/li>\n<li>Is the current world High Jump Champion 2015<\/li>\n<li>Is the current U20 Long Jump champion 2015<\/li>\n<li>Received a Silver medal in Long Jump at the Sainsbury\u2019s School Games 2015<\/li>\n<li>Holds the Sussex Sports Man of the year award<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>He presently is aiming for a world ranking in Long Jump.<\/p>\n<p>He is a most modest and determined young man who has done incredibly well. Thank goodness he had the competitive opportunities provided by SWB as this helped this young man on a fantastic sporting journey \u2026 which hopefully will result in him one day representing TEAM GB at the Paralympics.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-258 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sportwithoutboundaries.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jordan-Okonta2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sportwithoutboundaries.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jordan-Okonta2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sportwithoutboundaries.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jordan-Okonta3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sportwithoutboundaries.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jordan-Okonta3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-258-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-258-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-258\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sportwithoutboundaries.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jordan-Okonta.jpg\" width=\"435\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportwithoutboundaries.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jordan-Okonta.jpg 435w, https:\/\/sportwithoutboundaries.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jordan-Okonta-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" title=\"jordan-okonta\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan is a current world champion having competed in the Special Olympics in Los Angeles last summer. He arrived at Oak Grove College in 2010 as a shy nervous boy with very little speech. It did not take long to realise that he was a talented sports man. 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