Richard Alan Schroeder (born October 29, 1961) is an American former competition swimmer who was a breaststroke specialist and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Schroeder represented the United States at 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 sec ...

in Los Angeles, California. He earned a gold medal by swimming the breaststroke leg for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay. At the 1984 Olympics, he also competed in the men's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing fourth in the final with a time of 2:18.03.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Rich Schroeder
Retrieved November 8, 2012. He also 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. He won a gold medal swimming the breaststroke leg in the final of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay for the winning U.S. team. He also finished sixth in the final of the men's 100-meter breaststroke event with a time of 1:02.55.

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1961 births Living people American male breaststroke swimmers Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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