José Luis Rocha, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

José Luis Rocha

Mexican diver

Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1966

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Profession: competitive diver

Nationality: United States, Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About José Luis Rocha

  • José Luis Rocha represented México in the 1984 Olympic Games in Diving.
  • Rocha was born in México City.
  • He attended Auburn University where he was a member of the Swimming and Diving Teams from 1986 to 1989.
  • Rocha was named "an All-American" each of his years at Auburn University, and won the 1987 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) National Championship on the 1-meter event. He graduated from Auburn in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and moved to South Florida where he married U.S.
  • Olympic Diver and Double Olympic Silver Medalist, Michele Mitchell, and became a US Citizen.
  • Rocha worked as a police officer with the Delray Beach Police Department in Palm Beach County, and later moved with his family to Tucson, Arizona where he also served as a police officer.
  • Michele Mitchell and Jose Luis Rocha were divorced in 2006 and Rocha moved to Austin, Texas where he worked as a Private Investigator.
  • He joined the United States Army in 2007, and has deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.

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