Jared Heine | |
Fullname: | Jared Heine |
Strokes: | Backstroke |
Club: | Kamehameha Swim Club (U.S.) |
Coach: | Kevin Flanagan (U.S.) |
Birth Date: | 6 September 1984 |
Birth Place: | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
Height: | 1.790NaN0 |
Weight: | 700NaN0 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Jared J. Heine (born September 6, 1984) is an American-Marshallese swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1] [2] 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.