Jeff Rouse
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s Swimming | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | Barcelona 1992 | 100m Backstroke | |
| Gold | Barcelona 1992 | 4x100m Medley Relay | |
| Gold | Atlanta 1996 | 100m Backstroke | |
| Gold | Atlanta 1996 | 4x100m Medley Relay | |
Jeffrey ("Jeff") Norman Rouse (born February 6, 1970 in Fredericksburg, Virginia) is a former international swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The Stanford University student was also a member of the winning American relay team from on the 4x100 meter medley relay.
Four years earlier, when Barcelona hosted The Games, he was second in the 100 metres backstroke, after he had won the event the previous year at the 1991 World Aquatic Championships in Perth, Western Australia. Rouse was the number one in the FINA world rankings for eight consecutive years in the 100 metre backstroke, and held the world record in that event from 1991 until 1999.
In 2001 he was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
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| Olympic champions in men's 100 m backstroke |
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| 1908: Arno Bieberstein | 1912: Harry Hebner | 1920: Warren Paoa Kealoha | 1924: Warren Paoa Kealoha | 1928: George Kojac | 1932: Masaji Kiyokawa | 1936: Adolf Kiefer | 1948: Allen Stack | 1952: Yoshinobu Oyakawa | 1956: David Theile | 1960: David Theile | 1968: Roland Matthes | 1972: Roland Matthes | 1976: John Naber | 1980: Bengt Baron | 1984: Rick Carey | 1988: Daichi Suzuki | 1992: Mark Tewksbury | 1996: Jeff Rouse | 2000: Lenny Krayzelburg | 2004: Aaron Peirsol |
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