Craig Oppel

Craig Oppel
Personal information
Full name Richard Craig Oppel
National team  United States
Born (1966-09-26) September 26, 1966
Keflavik, Iceland
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
College team University of California, Los Angeles

Richard Craig Oppel (born August 10, 1967) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Oppel earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[1]

Oppel enrolled in the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and swam for coach Ron Ballatore's UCLA Bruins swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition.

See also

References

  1. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Craig Oppel. Retrieved November 8, 2012.


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