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{{short description|Australian swimmer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
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{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2002 FINA Short Course World Championships|2002 Moscow]] | 4x200m Freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1999 Sydney]] | 200m Backstroke}}
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'''Ray Hass''' is a former [[Australia]]n [[backstroke]] [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]]. Originally from South Africa, Hass immigrated to Australia with his family in 1993 and was an [[Australian Institute of Sport]] scholarship holder.<ref>[http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/swimming/achievements Australian Institute of Sport Swimming Achievements] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320174112/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/swimming/achievements |date=20 March 2012 }}</ref>
==Swimming career==
After swimming the heat of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the [[2001 World Aquatics Championships]] in [[Fukuoka]], [[Japan]], Hass was a spectator for the final, when the Australians set a world record of 7:04.66 mins. He went on to swim in the semifinal of the 200 m backstroke finishing 9th. At the [[2002 FINA Short Course World Championships]], Hass won a gold medal for Australia as part of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, swimming alongside compatriots [[Leon Dunne]], [[Todd Pearson]] and [[Grant Hackett]].
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{{Footer World SC Champions 4x200m Freestyle Men}}
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[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Pretoria]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Gauteng]]
[[Category:Australian male backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Australian male freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Australian Institute of Sport swimmers]]
[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
[[Category:Goodwill Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games]]
[[Category:People educated at Ivanhoe Grammar School]]