fullname club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name collegeteam
riley janes pacificsport national swim centre edmonton , alberta 95 kg lb on 1.97 m ftin on 30 june 1980 riley janes
 freestyle , backstroke riley janes texas a & m university
riley janes

riley janes -lrb- born june 30 , 1980 -rrb- is a canadian former competition swimmer who specialized in freestyle and backstroke events .
he is a single-time olympian -lrb- 2004 -rrb- , and is part of the bronze-medal canadian medley relay team at the 2002 commonwealth games in -lsb- manchester , england .
raised in saskatoon , saskatchewan , janes started swimming at the age of 6 , when he competed for the saskatoon goldfins under his personal coach .
he has held 14 club and 8 age-group state records in the 100-metre backstroke , before joining with the canadian national team at age 15 .
he attended the texas a&m university in college station , texas on an athletic scholarship , and swam for the texas a&m aggies swimming team , under head coach mel nash .
while swimming for the aggies , he received eleven all-american honors , and set a short-course canadian record of 23.90 at the 2000 ncaa swimming championships .
in 2002 , janes graduated from the university with a bachelor 's degree in marketing .
in 2002 , janes made international headlines at the pan pacific swimming championships in yokohama , japan , and at the commonwealth games in manchester , england , where he earned bronze medals for canada in the 4 × 100 m medley relay , along with mike brown , mike mintenko , and brent hayden -lrb- 3:38.17 in pan pacific , and 3:38.91 in commonwealth -rrb- .
at the 2004 summer olympics in athens , janes competed only in two events as a relay swimmer .
on the second day of the games , janes , along with mintenko , hayden , and yannick lupien , placed ninth in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with a time of 3:18.35 .
six days later , in the 4 × 100 m medley relay , janes reunited with mintenko , hayden , and brown after winning their bronze medal for canada from the pan pacific championships two years earlier .
leading off the backstroke leg in heat one , janes recorded a split of 56.17 , but the canadians missed the top 8 final by half a second -lrb- 0.05 -rrb- , finishing in fourth place and tenth overall with a final time of 3:39.36 .
