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American water polo player
Terry Alan Schroeder,DC (born October 9, 1958) is an American formerwater poloplayer who competed in the1984 Summer Olympics,in the1988 Summer Olympics,and in the1992 Summer Olympics.[1]Schroeder is achiropractor,practicing inAgoura Hills, California.[2][3]He is a 1986 graduate ofPalmer Chiropractic College – Westwhere he met his wife, Lori Schroeder. They have two daughters.[4]He is currently the head water polo coach atPepperdine 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.[1]He was given the honor tocarry the national flag of the United Statesat the closing ceremony of the1988 Summer OlympicsinSeoul,becoming the16th water polo playerto be aflag bearerat the opening and closingceremonies of the Olympics.[5]Twenty years later, he coached theUnited States men's national teamto a silver in 2008,[6]becoming one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water poloas players and head coaches.
In 1999, Schroeder was inducted into theUSA Water Polo Hall of Fame.[7][8]In 2002, he was inducted into theInternational Swimming Hall of Fame.[9]
A headless bronze statue of a nude Schroeder[10]stands atop a 20,000-pound (9,000 kg)[citation needed]post-and-lintel frame in front of theLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum,created byRobert Grahamfor the1984 Summer Olympics.On the same frame, to the south of Schroeder's statue, is a statue ofJennifer Innis,a long jumper fromGuyana.[10]
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