042 Jordyn Wieber | Olympic Gymnast to Volunteer Coach to Head Coach

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Andrew East

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5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Check out the full podcasts on my website! http://www.andrewdeast.com/podcast From being an Olympic Gymnast in the 2012 Olympics and winning a gold in team competition, to becoming a head coach in the NCAA, Jordyn Wieber has had quite the journey. Post Olympics, Jordyn decided to enrolled at UCLA to study psychology, where she also volunteered as an assistant coach for the gymnastics team. Jordyn was recently named head coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics program, becoming the youngest at this level, at only 23 years old. Here, Jordyn speaks with me about her journey and the steps she took to get where she is today. I am also excited to announce my partnership with Himalaya- the best podcasting app around. Download their app and give me a follow! Follow me on Himalaya!!! Connect with Jordyn: Instagram @jordyn_wieber Twitter @jordyn_wieber Connect with Andrew: Instagram @andrewdeast Twitter @andrewdeast Youtube @AndrewEast Facebook @AndrewDEast

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0:00.0	I would cry if my carpool was late to pick me up.
0:10.9	And I would just, Mom, can you please call them?
0:13.5	They're late and people asking you, oh,
0:15.7	are you going to go on to be the Olympic champion now?
0:17.7	And you have pressure from sponsors.
0:20.0	You have pressure from your coaches.
0:22.2	And it was not an easy decision to make.
0:25.2	Growing up, I always had these two major goals in my mind.
0:29.1	One was to be an Olympian and the other one was to be a college gymnast.
0:32.4	Because I had to get up so early, I did fall asleep in the majority of my classes that year.
0:36.7	Hello and welcome back to Redirected.
0:38.4	My name is Andrew East.
0:39.6	And this is a show where we talk about how to make it through life's unexpected events.
0:44.0	We all go through them, but how to successfully maneuver through them is a different task
0:48.3	altogether.
0:49.3	Today, we sit down with an absolute legend, Olympic gold medalist and the newly named head coach
0:55.3	of Arkansas Gymnastics, Jordan Weaver.
0:58.1	She's just 23 years old and has experienced some truly amazing things in life, but also
1:03.6	some awful things.
1:04.6	And she's going to talk about how she made it through those to be where she is today.
1:08.2	I'm so glad to call her a friend.
1:10.8	I'm honored that she took the time to be on my podcast.
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