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| Full name | Richard Craig Oppel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1966-09-26)September 26, 1966 (age 58) Keflavik, Iceland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of California, Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Craig Oppel (born August 10, 1967) is an American former competitionswimmer who represented the United States at the1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Oppel earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of themen's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[1]
Oppel enrolled in theUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and swam for coachRon Ballatore'sUCLA Bruins swimming and diving team inNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition.
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