Richard Schroeder

Not to be confused withRichard SchröderorRick Schroder.

Richard Schroeder

Personal information
Full name	Richard Alan Schroeder
Nickname	"Rich"
National team	United States
Born	(1961-10-29)October 29, 1961
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	174 lb (79 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
College team	University of California, Santa Barbara
Medal record Men's swimming Representingthe United States Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 4x100 m medley 1988 Seoul 4x100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 1987 Brisbane 4x100 m medley 1987 Brisbane 100 m breaststroke 1989 Tokyo 100 m breaststroke

Richard Alan Schroeder(born October 29, 1961) is an American former competitionswimmerwho was abreaststrokespecialist and two-time Olympic gold medalist.

Schroeder represented the United States at the1984 Summer Olympicsin Los Angeles, California. He earned a gold medal by swimming the breaststroke leg for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of themen's 4×100-meter medley relay.At the 1984 Olympics, he also competed in themen's 200-meter breaststroke,finishing fourth in the final with a time of 2:18.03.

He also represented the United States at the1988 Summer Olympicsin Seoul, South Korea. He won a gold medal swimming the breaststroke leg in the final of themen's 4×100-meter medley relayfor the winning U.S. team. He also finished sixth in the final of themen's 100-meter breaststrokeevent with a time of 1:02.55.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)