Jayme Oliver Cramer (born January 20, 1983) is an American competition

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who specializes in

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimme ...

and

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

events. He has represented the United States as a member of the national swim team in the FINA world championships and the Pan American Games. Cramer won the bronze medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke at the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...

in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Two years later, at the

2005 World Aquatics Championships The 2005 World Aquatics Championships (french: Championnats du monde de natation 2005) or the XI FINA World Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005. They took place in Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen's ...

(long-course) in Montreal, Quebec, he won gold medals in the 4×200-meter freestyle and 4×200-meter freestyle. At the 2006 short-course world championships in Shanghai, China, he won a silver medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay, and bronze medals in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay and 100-meter butterfly. He is a 2001 graduate of St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cramer now resides in Louisiana with his family, where he is the CFO and Head Coach for Crawfish Aquatics.

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* 1983 births Living people American male backstroke swimmers American male butterfly swimmers American male freestyle swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) People from Falls Church, Virginia St. Xavier High School (Ohio) alumni Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 20th-century American people 21st-century American people {{US-swimming-bio-stub