Sam Dorman reached the top of the game of diving, standing on the rostrum on the Olympics.
“Successful a medal on the Olympics was all the pieces,” Sam Dorman advised Swimming World. “It’s one thing you cherish for the remainder of your life. I’ll maintain on to that eternally.”
Dorman received the Olympic silver in synchronized springboard in Rio in 2016.
Like all athletes, he then retired, and needed to discover a new course – and fervour.
Seems, he’s utilizing the identical ardour, simply another way.
Dorman is Director of Enterprise Improvement for Duraflex Worldwide Corp., a significant producer of diving boards and different diving merchandise.
“The corporate was on the lookout for an engineer. They reached out to me. I used to be a bit of hesitant, however I checked it out, cherished the place and cherished the corporate. I needed to check it out for a 12 months, and right here we’re 2 1/2 years later and I’m loving it. Now I’m Director of Enterprise Improvement,” Dorman stated. “I’ve the gross sales aspect of issues, the advertising aspect, oversee sellers and being on the pool deck.”
Duraflex has produced many of the diving boards across the nation.
“The board has been the Olympic customary for the reason that Seventies. It’s aluminum and the field that retains it secure. It’s all riveted collectively. There may be plenty of handwork that every board has,” Dorman stated.
However the firm shouldn’t be solely in regards to the boards.
“We’re presently engaged on a board lifter. That board will get in the way in which plenty of instances with swimming and water polo. The security side of that’s vital. Folks attempt to carry these on their very own and it’s heavy. The lifters will certainly assist out the swimming world,” he stated. “There may be plenty of development developing the pipeline. We’re going to attempt to broaden the diving world.”
The extra the corporate does for diving, the extra pleasure Dorman feels with the corporate. After 20 years within the sport, he’s enthusiastic about making strides for the game.
“You’ll most likely see me with this firm for the remainder of my life. You spend 20 years in a sport and know everybody within the sport,” Sam Dorman stated. “I get to see my coach that I labored with on the Olympics. It’s tremendous cool. I’m very blessed to have this as a job for what I do.”
