Jed Graef

Jed Richard Graef (born May 1, 1942) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Graef grew up in Verona, New Jersey and learned the backstroke while competing with the Montclair YMCA swim team. He attended Princeton University, where he was captain of the Princeton Tigers swim team in 1964. Graef won the gold medal in the men's 200-meter backstroke at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Graef defended a PhD in psychology and is considered as a prominent authority in sports psychology. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1988.