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Full name | James Richert Rauch | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Jamie" | ||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | Houston, Texas | August 17, 1979||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 196 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
College team | University of Texas | ||||||||||||||
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James Richert Rauch (born August 17, 1979) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. Rauch was a TAGS swimmer, who swam on his local club swim team, Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club (FLEET) until college. [1] In his high school career at Cypress Creek High School [2] he was a five-time UIL high school state champion. [3] In his college career at the University of Texas he helped his teams win 2 NCAA titles in 2000 and 2001. He was also a member of 5 NCAA championship relays and was a 18-time all-American. Rauch won a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
After he retired from swimming Rauch spent a number of years on the USA Swimming Board of Directors and the USA Swimming Athlete Executive Committee. In 2016 Rauch got inducted into the Texas Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame. Now Rauch competes in Triathlon, long distance running, and long distance swimming. He also coaches Triathlon for Patrick Brady Coaching (PBC).
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