Nationality Marshall Islands Event(s) Freestyle | Weight 70 kg (154 lb) Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 ⁄2 in) Name Jared Heine | |
Team Kamehameha Swim Club (USA) | ||
MAC 2011 200 Medley Relay.MP4
Jared Heine (born September 6, 1984) is a Marshallese swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. 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.
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. 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 in Tallahassee, Florida, and a member and senior coach of Kamehameha Swim Club in his hometown Honolulu.