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Son of Former IFPTE President Wins 2 Golds and a Silver in the 2012 Olympics

Jim and Cecilia Adrian pose with their son Nathan, 100-meter freestyle champion of the 2012 Olympics.

Nathan Adrian, 23, of Bremerton, Wash., took home his first individual gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle swim in the London Olympic Games last week, winning by a "fingertip," beating Australian favorite James "The Missile" Magnussen. 

The  Seattle Times reported :

The margin of victory—one-hundredth of a second—was the tightest at the London Olympics.

Perhaps the swimmer's work ethic can be traced to his upbringing in a union family. Adrian's father, Jim, is a retired nuclear engineer for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and former president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) Local 12 . His mother, Cecilia, is a nurse in the Bremerton school district. 

Adrian also received a silver medal as the lead off swimmer for the 4×100-meter freestyle relay team and a gold medal as the anchor for the medley relay team in Michael Phelps’ final swim.

After his heart-racing sprint when he snuck up on Magnussen, Adrian  told reporters :

I kind of touched well and [thought], 'Oh, sweet, I've won.' Then there's 10 to 15 seconds, [and] 'Holy crap, this is the Olympics....I've been watching this since I was a kid.

Check back on the AFL-CIO Now blog next Monday for an exclusive interview with Jim and Cecilia Adrian. 

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