Jared Heine

Jared Heine
Personal information
Full name Jared Heine
National team  Marshall Islands
Born (1984-09-06) 6 September 1984
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
Club Kamehameha Swim Club (U.S.)[1]
Coach Kevin Flanagan (U.S.)[1]

Jared Heine (born September 6, 1984) is a Marshallese swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[2][1] He acquired a dual citizenship to participate internationally for the Marshall Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing himself among the top 45 swimmers in the 100 m backstroke.[3]

Heine was one of the five athletes to mark an Olympic debut for the Marshall Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, competing in the men's 100 m backstroke.[4] He cleared a minute barrier to finish the opening heat with a lifetime bodysuit best of 58.86 for a third-place finish and forty-third overall on the evening prelims, failing to advance to the semifinals.[5]

Heine is an information science graduate at the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, and a member and senior coach of Kamehameha Swim Club in his hometown Honolulu.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jared Heine". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Jared Heine". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Flanagan, Chelsey (1 June 2008). "Backstroking to Beijing". East Oahu Sun. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Other countries reap rewards from athletes with ties to the Aloha State". Star Bulletin. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Swimming: Men's 100m Backstroke – Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
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