Ray Hass is a former Australian backstroke swimmer. Originally from South Africa, Hass immigrated to Australia with his family in 1993 and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. 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. Injury sidelined Hass in 2002, and despite representing Australia at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, he never fully regained his earlier form. References 1977 births Living people People from Pretoria Australian male backstroke swimmers Australian male freestyle swimmers Australian Institute of Sport swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Goodwill Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games People educated at Ivanhoe Grammar School