Jeff Rouse

Jeff Rouse

Personal information
Full name	Jeffrey Norman Rouse
Nickname	"Jeff"
National team	United States
Born	(1970-02-06) February 6, 1970 (age 54) Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S.
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m medley 1996 Atlanta 100 m backstroke 1996 Atlanta 4x100 m medley 1992 Barcelona 100 m backstroke World Championships (LC) 1991 Perth 100 m backstroke 1991 Perth 4x100 m medley 1994 Rome 4x100 m medley 1994 Rome 100 m backstroke Pan Pacific Championships 1989 Tokyo 100 m backstroke 1989 Tokyo 4x100 m medley 1991 Edmonton 100 m backstroke 1991 Edmonton 200 m backstroke 1991 Edmonton 4x100 m medley 1993 Kobe 100 m backstroke 1993 Kobe 4x100 m medley 1995 Atlanta 100 m backstroke 1995 Atlanta 4x100 m medley Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata 100 m backstroke 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.

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]

• 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

• 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)