Jared J. Heine (born September 6, 1984) is an American-Marshallese swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. He acquired a dual citizenship to participate internationally for the

Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands ( mh, Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( mh, Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ),'' () is an independent island country and microstate near the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the Internati ...

at the

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, placing himself among the top 45 swimmers in the 100 m backstroke. Heine was one of the five athletes to mark an Olympic debut for the

at the

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, competing in the men's 100 m backstroke. 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. Heine is an information science graduate at the

Florida State University Florida State University (FSU) is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the st ...

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, and a member and senior coach of Kamehameha Swim Club in his hometown

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Profile – Florida State SeminolesProfile – Kamehameha Swim Club
1984 births Living people Marshallese male swimmers American male swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Marshall Islands Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Male backstroke swimmers Swimmers from Honolulu {{Oceania-swimming-bio-stub