Jon Raahauge Rud (born 11 February 1986) is a Danish swimmer. He participated for the first time at the

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in the 200 metre freestyle and the 400 metre freestyle. In July 2007, Rud competed at the Danish Open in

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with the West Swim Esbjerg swimming club. He finished second in the Men's 400 metre freestyle, second in the Men's 200 metre freestyle, third in the Men's 800 metre freestyle relay, fifth in the Men's 400 metre freestyle relay, and fourth in the Men's 400 metre medley relay. In March 2008, Rud finished eighth in the 400 metre freestyle at the European Championships held in

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(Netherlands). In April 2009, Rud participated in the Denmark Long Course National Championships at

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. He finished eighth in the Men's 800 freestyle and 11th in the Men's 400 medley relay.

Personal background

In 2008, following his participation in the summer Olympics, Rud enrolled at Handelshøjskolen I København (

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), from where he is pursuing his BSc in Economics and Business Administration. In August 2010, Rud announced that he had lost his motivation and was retiring from his professional career as a swimmer. At that time, he accepted an offer to serve as the assistant coach of a high performance swim team at

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2008 Summer Olympic results

;Men's 200 metres Freestyle ;Men's 400 metres Freestyle

2008 European Aquatics Championships

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* http://elite.sigma-ns.dk/ 1986 births Olympic swimmers for Denmark Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Living people Copenhagen Business School alumni Danish male freestyle swimmers People from Furesø Municipality Swimmers from the Capital Region of Denmark 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-swimming-bio-stub