Jared Heine

{{short description|American-Marshallese swimmer}}

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| fullname = Jared Heine

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| national_team = {{MHL}}

| strokes = Backstroke

| club = Kamehameha Swim Club (U.S.)

| coach = Kevin Flanagan (U.S.)

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|9|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

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| height = {{convert|1.79|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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Jared J. Heine (born September 6, 1984) is an American-Marshallese swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Jared Heine|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/jared-heine-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103058/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/jared-heine-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 2 December 2012}}{{cite web|title=Jared Heine |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/243004.shtml |publisher=Beijing 2008 |accessdate=17 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916011746/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/243004.shtml |archivedate=16 September 2008 }} 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.{{cite web|first=Chelsey|last=Flanagan|title=Backstroking to Beijing|url=http://www.eastoahusun.com/news/2008/6/1/backstroking-to-beijing.html|publisher=East Oahu Sun|date=1 June 2008|accessdate=17 January 2016}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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.{{cite web|title=Other countries reap rewards from athletes with ties to the Aloha State|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/08/06/sports/story03.html|publisher=Star Bulletin|date=6 August 2008|accessdate=2 December 2012}} 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.{{cite web|title=Swimming: Men's 100m Backstroke – Heat 1 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWM041900/index.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=2 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821032334/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM041900/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 }}

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.