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Jacob Ryan Mitchell OLY (born December 22, 2001) is an American former swimmer and Olympian. He placed eighth in the 400 meter freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2019 World Junior Championships, he won a gold medal in the 4×200 meter freestyle relay. He currently does not swim for a school. Jacob loves pop rocks and Donald Glover. He recently gained the nickname “Rocket” but its origins are currently unknown.

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Background

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Mitchell attends the University of Michigan, where he is majoring in biology and competes collegiately as part of the Michigan Wolverines swim team.[1] In April 2022, he announced his intent to transfer from the University of Michigan to the University of Florida and compete for the Florida Gators during the 2022–2023 collegiate season.[3][4] He chose the University of Florida as his girlfriend, Emma Weyant, chose to also transfer there via the University of Virginia Cavaliers. The two started dating shortly after they met at Olympic training camp in 2021.

Career

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2019

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2019 National Championships

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At the 2019 US National Championships in Stanford, California, Mitchell ranked highest in the 400 meter freestyle at second place with a time of 3:48.09, and also ranked fifth in the 1500 meter freestyle with a time of 15:11.52, 25th in the 200 meter freestyle with a time of 1:48.92, and 51st in the 400 meter individual medley with a time of 4:29.50.[5][6]

2019 World Junior Championships

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2019 World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 4x200 m freestyle 7:08.37 (WJ,CR)

In August 2019, Mitchell represented the United States at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary, winning gold in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay and setting a new world junior record and Championships record for the event with his relay teammates.[7][8][9] He placed fourth in the 400 meter freestyle with a time of 3:47.95, seventh in the 800 meter freestyle in 7:54.70, and seventh in the 1500 meter freestyle where he finished in 15 minutes, 16.28 seconds.[7] His swims in the 400 meter freestyle and 800 meter freestyle qualified him for the US National team.[2] His time in the 400 meter freestyle was the fastest on record for an American swimmer 17 years of age.[9]

2021

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2020 US Olympic Trials

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He placed second at the 2020 US Olympic Swimming Trials in the 400 meter freestyle, with a 3:48.17, missing the Olympic qualifying time of 3:46.78. On Tuesday, June 15, he swam the 400 meter freestyle during a time trial, going 3:45.86.[10] His second-place finish, and time trial performance qualified him to represent the United States at the 2020 Olympic Games.[11]

2020 Summer Olympics

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See also: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Mitchell placed 8th with a time of 3:45.39 in the final of the 400 meter freestyle.[12] In the prelims heats, he swam a time of 3:45.38 to qualify for the final ranking seventh, just 0.07 seconds behind sixth-ranked swimmer and teammate Kieran Smith.[13]

2022

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2022 Big Ten Championships

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Mitchell swam a 1:32.49 for the second leg of the 4×200-yard freestyle relay on the first day of the 2022 Big Ten Conference Championships in February, helping achieve a second-place finish with a final relay time of 6:14.59.[14] The following day, he swam a 4:18.10 in the prelims heats of the 500 yard freestyle to qualify for the final later in the day ranking seventh.[15] He placed second in the final with a time of 4:12.88.[16] For the prelims heats of the 400 yard individual medley on day three, Mitchell ranked fourth with a time of 3:45.92 and qualified for the final.[17] He lowered his time to a 3:41.39 in the final to finish second.[18][19] The final day of competition, day four, he placed second in the final of the 1650 yard freestyle with a time of 14:44.22.[20][21]

Less than one week later, Mitchell placed second in the 400 meter freestyle at the Westmont, Illinois stop of the 2022 Pro Swim Series with a time of 3:51.12.[22] The next morning, he qualified for the final of the 200 meter freestyle with a time of 1:50.86, ranking third overall 0.28 seconds behind first-ranked Patrick Callan.[23] In the final, he placed second in a personal best time of 1:48.63, finishing 0.04 seconds behind first-place finisher Marwan Elkamash.[24]

2022 NCAA Championships

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The first day of the 2022 NCAA Championships in late March, Mitchell helped place fourteenth in the 4×200 yard freestyle relay with a split time of 1:34.36 for the second leg of the relay to contribute to the final time of 6:14.56.[25] In the 500 yard freestyle on day two, he placed 46th with a time of 4:21.24.[25][26] On the third day, he placed 36th in the prelims heats of the 400 yard individual medley with a time of 3:52.73.[25]

2022 U.S. Open Championships

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In the evening on the second day of the 2022 U.S. Open Swimming Championships, December 1, Mitchell won the bronze medal in the 400 meter freestyle with a time of 3:49.65, finishing 1.52 seconds behind gold medalist Guilherme Costa of Brazil.[27] On December 2, he won the gold medal in the 200 meter freestyle, finishing 0.77 seconds ahead of silver medalist Zane Grothe with a time of 1:47.38.[28] The following, and final day, he first won the b-final of the 200 meter backstroke with a time of 2:00.75, then tied Hunter Armstrong in the b-final of the 100 meter freestyle with a personal best time of 50.23 seconds for fifth-place.[29][30]

Personal best times

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Long course meters (50 meter pool)

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Event Time Meet Location Date Age Ref
100 m freestyle 50.23 2022 U.S. Open Championships Greensboro, North Carolina December 3, 2022 20 [30]
200 m freestyle 1:46.90 2022 US National Championships Irvine, California July 27, 2022 20 [31]
400 m freestyle 3:45.38 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan July 24, 2021 19 [12]
800 m freestyle 7:54.70 2019 World Junior Championships Budapest, Hungary August 22, 2019 17 [7]
1500 m freestyle 15.11.52 2019 US National Championships Stanford, California July 31, 2019 17 [6]

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Jake Mitchell

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Jake Mitchell is an American former competitive swimmer known for his dramatic qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he finished eighth in the men's 400 metre freestyle. Born in 2001 in Carmel, Indiana, Mitchell gained widespread recognition for his second-place finish in the 400 metre freestyle at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials with a time of 3:45.86, an event often described as one of the most memorable in recent swimming history. Mitchell's career included notable international and collegiate achievements. He won gold as part of the 4×200 metre freestyle relay at the 2019 World Junior Championships and excelled in high school as an 11-time Indiana state champion while holding the National Public High School record in the 500-yard freestyle. Collegiately, he began at the University of Michigan, earning Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors in 2021, before transferring to the University of Florida, where he secured seven All-American honors, three SEC titles, and contributed to record-setting relay performances. In his final competitive years, Mitchell placed fifth in the 400 metre freestyle and seventh in the 200 metre freestyle at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. He concluded his career at the 2025 World University Games in the Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany, capturing individual gold in the 200 metre freestyle and anchoring the gold-medal-winning U.S. 4×200 metre freestyle relay to a new meet record. Mitchell announced his retirement from competitive swimming following that meet.

Early life

Birth and background

Jake Mitchell was born on June 21, 2001 in Carmel, Indiana, United States. Jake Mitchell's competitive swimming career began in high school in Carmel, Indiana, where he was an 11-time Indiana state champion and held the National Public High School record in the 500-yard freestyle. He earned international experience early, winning gold as part of the U.S. 4×200 metre freestyle relay at the 2019 World Junior Championships. Collegiately, Mitchell started at the University of Michigan, where he was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2021. He transferred to the University of Florida for his final three years, securing seven All-American honors, three SEC titles, and contributing to record-setting relays, including the 800-yard freestyle relay SEC and SEC Meet record of 6:02.50. Mitchell qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021) in the men's 400 metre freestyle through a dramatic solo time trial at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials with a time of 3:45.86. He finished eighth in the Olympic final with a time of 3:45.39. At the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials, he placed fifth in the 400 metre freestyle and seventh in the 200 metre freestyle. He concluded his competitive career at the 2025 World University Games in Berlin, winning individual gold in the 200 metre freestyle (1:46.22) and anchoring the U.S. 4×200 metre freestyle relay to gold and a new meet record (7:04.51). Mitchell announced his retirement from competitive swimming following this meet.

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Jake Mitchell, the American swimmer, has no known credits in film directing, writing, acting, or any other filmmaking roles.

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