Jake Tapp

Jake Tapp
Personal information
Full name John Bernard Tapp
Nickname(s) "Jake"
National team  Canada
Born (1988-08-06) August 6, 1988
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, freestyle, medley
Club Langley Olympians Swim Club
College team University of Arizona

John Bernard Tapp (born August 6, 1988) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer and a 2008 Olympian.

He is currently the Canadian short course record-holder in the 100-metre and 200-metre backstroke events, and the 100-metre individual medley.[1] He also held the World Record in the 4 × 100 m medley relay short course in 2009.[2]

Tapp was a member of the 2008 Canadian Olympic team in Beijing.[3] He tied at the Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials in Montreal in the final of the 100 backstroke, and had to win a swim-off to qualify for the Olympic team.[4]

He attended the University of Arizona, and swam for the Arizona Wildcats men's swimming and diving team from 2006 to 2010, and was a member of the Wildcats' NCAA Championship team in 2008.[5] Tapp held the Pacific-10 Conference record for the 200-yard backstroke from 2009 to 2014,[6] and is a two-time NCAA Division I championship runner-up: 200-yard backstroke in 2009[7] to Tyler Clary, and 100-yard backstroke in 2010 to Eugene Godsoe.[8]

Tapp was born to Canadian parents in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and was raised in Langley, British Columbia. He has one brother, Charlie, who is also a Canadian swimmer and was a member of the University of Nevada's swimming team.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rankings Swimming Canada". Rankings.swimming.ca. July 3, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ CBC Sports (August 9, 2009). "Canadian swimmers set more world records". Cbc.ca. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Jake Tapp". Olympic.ca. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Swimming Canada". Swimming.ca. August 6, 1988. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=208210464
  6. ↑ http://www.arizonawildcats.com/pdf9/2656744.pdf
  7. ↑ "2009 NCAA Division I Men's Championships". Collegeswimming.com. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  8. ↑ "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Championships". Collegeswimming.com. March 26, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Charlie Tapp Profile - UNLV Official Athletic Site". Unlvrebels.com. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
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