Jeff Rouse

Swimmer, Olympic athlete

1970 –

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Who is Jeff Rouse?

Jeffrey Norman Rouse 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 4x100-meter medley relay. Individually, he also received a silver medal for his second-place performance in the men's 100-meter backstroke.

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 4x100-meter medley relay. In individual competition, he won another gold medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke.

Rouse is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

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Born
Dec 6, 1970
Fredericksburg
Also known as
  • Jeff Norman Rouse
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Stanford University
Lived in
  • Virginia
  • Fredericksburg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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