Jarod Hatch

Jarod Jason Lang Hatch is a Filipino swimmer who competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life and education Jarod Hatch was born on December 10, 1998 in Daly City, California in the United States. He would spend some part of his childhood in San Francisco before his family moved to Morgan Hill which he considers as his hometown and where he started his swimming career.

He attended Sobrato High School in Morgan Hill, California where he graduated from in 2017. He would enter the University of California, Berkeley under a swimming scholarship and pursued a major in business. He graduated in 2021.

College Hatch would also be part of the California Golden Bears swimming team while he was studying at University of California, Berkeley. However he and his teammates would win a silver in the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay. Hatch would retire after the games in May 2021.

He holds the Philippine national record for the men's 100m butterfly having clocked 52.87 seconds in the heats of the 2023 World Aquatics Championships competing under the Suspended Member Federation delegation.

Hatch would qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He was nominated to fill in the quota for the Philippines under the universality rule.

2024 Paris Olympics Jarod failed to advanced in the semi-finals of his event after he placed 8th in the Heat 2 of the Men's 100m butterfly event clocking 54:66 seconds at the 2024 Summer Olympics. His final ranking is 36th overall in the men's 100m butterfly.

Personal life Hatch is of African American descent. He also has Filipino heritage through his mother.