Terry Alan Schroeder, DC (born October 9, 1958) is an American former water polo player who competed in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

, in 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 ...

, and in the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. Schroeder is a chiropractor, practicing in Agoura Hills, California. He is a 1986 graduate of Palmer Chiropractic College – West where he met his wife, Lori Schroeder. They have two daughters. He is currently the head water polo coach at Pepperdine University, and has been since 2013. He also coached at Pepperdine from 1986–2005, but left to become the head coach for the United States Olympic team before returning to Pepperdine. Schroeder won two consecutive silver medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics. He was given the honor to carry the national flag of the United States at the closing ceremony of the

in Seoul, becoming the 16th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics. Twenty years later, he coached the United States men's national team to a silver in 2008, becoming one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches. In 1999, Schroeder was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame. In 2002, he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. A headless bronze statue of a nude Schroeder stands atop a 20,000-pound (9,000 kg) post-and-lintel frame in front of the

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (also known as the L.A. Coliseum) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Conceived as a hallmark of civic pride, the Coliseum was commissioned in 1921 as a mem ...

, created by Robert Graham for the

. On the same frame, to the south of Schroeder's statue, is a statue of Jennifer Innis, a long jumper from

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schroeder, Terry 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Santa Barbara, California American male water polo players Water polo players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in water polo American water polo coaches United States men's national water polo team coaches Water polo coaches at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo coaches at the 2012 Summer Olympics American chiropractors

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