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Richard Craig Oppel (born August 10, 1967) is an American former competition
swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
who represented the United States at the
1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
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.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Craig Oppel
Retrieved November 8, 2012. Oppel enrolled in the
University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...
(UCLA), and swam for coach
Ron Ballatore Ron "Stix" Ballatore (1941 – April 27, 2012) was an American college and international swimming coach. From 1978 to 1994, Ballatore was the head coach of the men's swimming and diving team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA ...
's
UCLA Bruins The UCLA Bruins are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Los Angeles. The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pac-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF). ...
swimming and diving team in
National Collegiate Athletic Association The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
(NCAA) competition.


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List of University of California, Los Angeles people This is a list of notable present and former faculty, staff, and students of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Notable alumni Nobel laureates * Ralph Bunche – recipient of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize * Richard F. Heck – re ...
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming. Men's events 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 400 metre freestyle 800 metre freestyle 1500 metre freestyle 100 metre backstroke 200 metre ...


References

1967 births Living people American male freestyle swimmers Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming People from Keflavík Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics UCLA Bruins men's swimmers Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade {{US-swimming-bio-stub