Jeff Rouse
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Full name | Jeffrey Norman Rouse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Jeff" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1970-02-06) February 6, 1970 (age 54) Fredericksburg, Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 February 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 members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- 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
- ^ a b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Jeff Rouse Archived July 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ "Jeff Rouse (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeff Rouse". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011.
- Jeff Rouse (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived April 2, 2015)
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Preceded by | Men's 100-meter backstroke world record-holder (long course) August 25, 1991 – August 24, 1999 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by – | Men's 50-meter backstroke world record-holder (short course) February 12, 1995 – February 28, 1997 | Succeeded by Chris Renaud |
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- 1992 United States Olympic Trials
- Mike Barrowman
- David Berkoff
- Matt Biondi
- Greg Burgess
- Hans Dersch
- Nelson Diebel
- Lawrence Frostad
- Doug Gjertsen
- Joe Hudepohl
- Scott Jaffe
- Tom Jager (team captain)
- Shaun Jordan
- Dan Jorgensen
- Ron Karnaugh
- Sean Killion
- Pablo Morales
- Eric Namesnik
- Jon Olsen
- Jeff Rouse
- Roque Santos
- Tripp Schwenk
- Royce Sharp
- Melvin Stewart
- Joel Thomas
- Dave Wharton
- Mike Hastings
- Chris Martin
- Richard Quick
- Eddie Reese (men's head coach)
- Mark Schubert (women's head coach)
- Richard Shoulberg
- Nort Thornton
- Jon Urbanchek