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Jeffrey Norman ("Jeff") 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 metres backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There the student of the Stanford University 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 became 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 consequetive years in the 100 metres backstroke, and 'owned' the wordl record in that event from 1991 until 1999. In 2001 he was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

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