Jeff Rouse

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Jeff Rouse
Personal information
Full nameJeffrey Norman Rouse
Nickname(s)"Jeff"
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Born (1970-02-06) February 6, 1970 (age 52)
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
College team Stanford University
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta 100 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta 4x100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1992 Barcelona 100 m backstroke
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Perth 100 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Perth 4x100 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Rome 4x100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Rome 100 m backstroke
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 Tokyo 100 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 Tokyo 4x100 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Edmonton 100 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Edmonton 200 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Edmonton 4x100 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Kobe 100 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Kobe 4x100 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Atlanta 100 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1995 Atlanta 4x100 m medley
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata 100 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata 4x100 m medley

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.

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Jeff Rouse Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Jeff Rouse (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2012.


Records
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


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