| Jeff Rouse | |
| Fullname: | Jeffrey Norman Rouse |
| Nicknames: | "Jeff" |
| Strokes: | Backstroke |
| Collegeteam: | Stanford University |
| Birth Date: | February 6, 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Height: | 6feet |
| Weight: | 190lb |
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]