Jon Raahauge Rud is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 swimmer. He participated for the first time at the 2008 Olympics in the 200 metre freestyle and the 400 metre freestyle.

In July 1986, Rud competed at the Danish Open in Aarhus, Denmark

Aarhus

Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...

 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 Eindhoven (Netherlands).

In April 2009, Rud participated in the Denmark Long Course National Championships at Esbjerg, Denmark

Esbjerg

Esbjerg Municipality is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Johnny Søtrup, from the Venstre political party...

. 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 (Copenhagen Business School

Copenhagen Business School

Copenhagen Business School, also known as CBS, is situated in Copenhagen, Denmark. With more than 17,000 students and 1,300 staff members, CBS is also one of the largest business schools in Europe. CBS offers a wide range of business-oriented university programmes and a research environment...

), 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 Sigma Nordsjælland.

2008 Summer Olympic results

Age	City	Sport	Event	Team	Rank
22	Beijing	Swimming	Men's 200 metres Freestyle		31
22	Beijing	Swimming	Men's 400 metres Freestyle		34

Men's 200 metres Freestyle

Age	City	Sport	Country	Phase	Unit	Rank	Time	Reaction	Lane
22	Beijing	Swimming		Round One	Heat Four	2	1:48.96	0.74	7

Men's 400 metres Freestyle

Age	City	Sport	Country	Phase	Unit	Rank	Time	Reaction	Lane
22	Beijing	Swimming		Round One	Heat Two	7	3:57.41	0.73	2

2008 European Aquatics Championships

event	time	Team	Time	Club	Date	Country	City
4×200 m freestyle relay	7:19.56	1. Jacob Carstensen 2. Jon Rud 3. Emil Dall-Nielsen 4. Jakob Andkjær	1:49.97 1:48.33 1:51.38 1:49.88				Eindhoven

External links

• http://elite.sigma-ns.dk/