Full name Richard Craig Oppel Role Olympic athlete College team Los Angeles Name Craig Oppel Strokes Freestyle swimming | Sport Swimming Weight 86 kg National team United States Height 1.91 m | |
Born September 26, 1966 (age 57) ( 1966-09-26 ) Keflavik, Iceland | ||
Richard Craig Oppel (born August 10, 1967) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Oppel earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
Oppel enrolled in the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and swam for coach Ron Ballatore's UCLA Bruins swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition.
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