Scott Erik Jaffe (born April 29, 1969) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. Jaffe represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
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| Full name | Scott Erik Jaffe | ||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | April 29, 1969 Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Forest Lake Swim Team (FLST) Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| College team | University of California, Berkeley | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jaffe attended the 1988 Olympic trials, swimming in a 400 meter freestyle relay, but failed to make the American team. Disappointed, he stopped swimming for eight months afterwards.[1][2]
1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics
editIn the 1992 qualifiers, Scott came close enough, finishing fourth in the 200 meters with a time of 1:49.33, and was fifth in the preliminaries with a time of 1:49.65[3] Jaffe earned a bronze medal by swimming for the third-place U.S. team in the preliminary heat of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay which qualified the United States Team for the finals. Jaffe swam in the first position in Heat 3 of the last qualifying round and received a time of 1:50.14 for his 200 meter swim.[2]
He studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where he swam for the California Golden Bears swimming and diving team.[2]
See also
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editExternal links
edit- Scott Jaffe – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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