Jeff Rouse
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| Full name | Jeffrey Norman Rouse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Jeff" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States |
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| Born | December 6, 1970 Fredericksburg, Virginia |
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeffrey Norman Rouse (born December 6, 1970) is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events.
Rouse represented the United States in two consecutive Olympic Games in 1992 and 1996. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, he won a gold medal swimming for the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×100-meter medley relay. Individually, he also received a silver medal for his second-place performance in the men's 100-meter backstroke.[1]
Four years later at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, he earned a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the men's 4×100-meter medley relay. In individual competition, he won another gold medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke.[1]
Rouse is a member of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[2]
See also
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of Stanford University people
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 50 metres backstroke
- World record progression 100 metres backstroke
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Jeff Rouse. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ↑ International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Jeff Rouse (USA). Retrieved October 5, 2012.
External links
- Jeff Rouse – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
- Jeff Rouse (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
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| Preceded by | Men's 100-meter backstroke world record-holder (long course) August 25, 1991 – August 24, 1999 |
Succeeded by Lenny Krayzelburg |
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Men's 50-meter backstroke world record-holder (short course) February 12, 1995 – February 28, 1997 |
Succeeded by Chris Renaud |
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- Living people
- American male backstroke swimmers
- Former world record holders in swimming
- International Swimming Hall of Fame inductees
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- People from Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Stanford Cardinal men's swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
