At the age of one, his biological parents died and he was placed in the Women and Children's Vocational Center at Chom Chao.

[3] When he was seven years old, Jerry enrolled Jordan in the Fort Lauderdale Aquatics Fun Camp in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was noticed by diving coach Tim O'Brien, son of Ron O'Brien, who coached four-time Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis.

O'Brien told Jerry that if he enrolled Jordan into a diving program, he would one day be a National Champion and potentially an Olympian.

Jordan won his first junior national title at nine years old and has been referred to as "Little Louganis" ever since.

Jordan appeared in the Disney Channel's "Getcha Head in the Game" when he was ten.

[4] Jordan along with his father, Jerry co-authored the illustrated children's book An Orphan No More: The True Story of a Boy: Chapter One.

In 2012 Windle was at the time the youngest person ever to qualify for the U.S. Olympic diving trials.