Ron Jacks
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| Full name | Ronald Brian Jacks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Ron" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 23, 1948 Winnipeg, Manitoba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Pacific Coast Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Indiana University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ronald Brian Jacks (born January 23, 1948) was a Canadian Olympic and international swimmer in the 1960s and 1970s. He is currently a leading coach for Canadian swimmers such as Richard Weinberger through the Pacific Coast Swimming Club.
He helped found the Pacific Coast Swimming club in 2002. He was National Open Water Coach of the Year in 2002, 2003 and 2004, a Paralympic Coach for the 2004 Athens Games and the Canadian Open Water Head Coach at the 2005 World Aquatic Championships in Montreal and 2006 Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria. Ron has produced finalists or semi-finalists at every Olympic Games 1976–2004, coached two Olympians to Bronze medals (Shannon Smith (swimmer) and Pam Rai), and coached two World Champion Open Water swimmers (Kim Dyke - 1993 Open Water World Cup Series Champion and Greg Streppel - 1994 World Open Water Champion). Ron is one of the very few coaches who has completed a hat trick at the International level, with medalists among able-bodied swimmers, swimmers with a disability, and open-water swimmers. He is a member of the Canadian Swimming, the BC Sports, and the Swimming Canada Halls of Fame.