Richard Schroeder
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| Full name | Richard Alan Schroeder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Rich" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 29, 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 174 lb (79 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Dawn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Santa Barbara Swim Club Pre-Olympic training | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | College of the Sequoias (COS) U. Cal, Santa Barbara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Bruce Montgomery (COS) Gregg Wilson, Tom Chasson (UCSB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Alan Schroeder (born October 29, 1961) is an American former competition swimmer who competed for the University of California Santa Barbara as a breaststroke specialist and was an Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 Medley relay both in 1984 in the Los Angeles Olympics and in 1988 in the Seoul, Korea Olympics.
Schroeder was born October 29, 1961 and competed in swimming from an early age in greater Lindsay, California. Competing as a swimmer in grade school he won the 25-yard backstroke and placed third in the 25-yard butterfly around the age of 8 at the Fresno Dolphin Swim meet.
Excelling in freestyle competition as well as stroke, he swam for Lindsey California's, Lindsay High School of the East Yosemite League, which has since closed. Possessing speed, he played receiver for Lindsay High football and also competed on their basketball team. In 1979, he won the 50 freestyle swimming for Lindsay High with a competitive time of 22.6. He graduated Lindsay High in June of 1980.