Terry Alan Schroeder, DC (born October 9, 1958) is an American former water polo player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Schroeder is a chiropractor, practicing in Agoura Hills, California. He is a 1986 graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic West#West Campus, 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 List of flag bearers for the United States at the Olympics, carry the national flag of the United States at the closing ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, becoming the Water polo at the Summer Olympics#Flag bearers, 16th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing Olympic Games ceremony, ceremonies of the Olympics. Twenty years later, he coached the United States men's national water polo team, United States men's national team to a silver in 2008, becoming one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics#Medals as coach and player, 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, created by Robert Graham (sculptor), Robert Graham for the 1984 Summer Olympics. On the same frame, to the south of Schroeder's statue, is a statue of Jennifer Innis, a long jumper from Guyana.

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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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