Lisa Rae Jacob (born May 13, 1974) is an American former competition

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who won two gold medals at the

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in Atlanta. Jacob won three gold medals in the 200-meter freestyle, the 4×100-meter relay, and the 4×200-meter relay at the

1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organization, PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was ...

. Later, she attended

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, where she swam for the

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swimming and diving team. She won three

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championships and two

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championships in the 1995–96 season. The highlight of her career was at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where as a member of the United States team she won gold medals in both the 4×100 freestyle relay, and the 4×200 freestyle relay. Lisa was married in Santa Barbara, CA in 2004 and resides with her husband outside of Washington, D.C.

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1974 births Living people American female freestyle swimmers Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Stanford Cardinal women's swimmers Swimmers at the 1991 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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