Craig Oppel

American swimmer

Craig Oppel

Personal information

Full name| Richard Craig Oppel
National team| United States
Born|  (1966-09-26) September 26, 1966 (age 56)
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

Medal record

Men's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
|  1988 Seoul | 4x200 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Games
|  1985 Tokyo | 4x200 m freestyle
|  1987 Brisbane | 200 m freestyle
|  1987 Brisbane  | 4x100 m freestyle
|  1987 Brisbane  | 4x200 m freestyle
|  1987 Brisbane  | 100 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
|  1985 Kobe | 4x100 m freestyle
|  1985 Kobe  | 4x200 m freestyle

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[edit]

* List of University of California, Los Angeles people
* List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

## References[edit]

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

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1988 USA Olympic swimming team

Men's Team|

* Mike Barrowman
* David Berkoff
* Steve Bigelow
* Matt Biondi
* Matt Cetlinski
* Troy Dalbey
* Mark Dean
* Doug Gjertsen
* Chris Jacobs
* Tom Jager (team captain)
* Shaun Jordan
* Dan Jorgensen
* Lars Jorgensen
* Jeff Kostoff
* Brent Lang
* Jay Mortenson
* Craig Oppel
* Rich Schroeder
* Kirk Stackle
* Bill Stapleton
* Melvin Stewart
* Dan Veatch
* Daniel Watters
* Dave Wharton

Women's Team|

* Beth Barr
* Tami Bruce
* Janet Evans
* Leigh Ann Fetter
* Erika Hansen
* Andrea Hayes
* Whitney Hedgepeth
* Janel Jorgensen
* Mitzi Kremer
* Susan Johnson
* Tracey McFarlane
* Mary T. Meagher
* Betsy Mitchell
* Trina Radke
* Susan Rapp
* Jill Sterkel
* Dara Torres
* Laura Walker
* Mary Wayte
* Paige Zemina

Coaches|

* Steve Bultman
* Dick Hannula (manager)
* Mitch Ivey
* Frank Keefe
* Skip Kenney
* Richard Quick (head coach)
* Eddie Reese
* Randy Reese
* Mark Schubert

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Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 200 m Freestyle

* 1985: Mike Heath (USA)
* 1987: Craig Oppel (USA)
* 1989: Doug Gjertsen (USA)
* 1991: Ian Brown (AUS)
* 1993: Josh Davis (USA)
* 1995: Danyon Loader (NZL)
* 1997: Michael Klim (AUS)
* 1999: Ian Thorpe (AUS)
* 2002: Ian Thorpe (AUS)
* 2006: Klete Keller (USA)
* 2010: Ryan Lochte (USA)
* 2014: Thomas Fraser-Holmes (AUS)
* 2018: Townley Haas (USA)

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Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

* 1985: USA (McCadam, Heath, Wallace, Biondi)
* 1987: USA (Jacobs, Oppel, Dalbey, Biondi)
* 1989: USA (Lang, Olsen, Gjertsen, Jager)
* 1991: USA (Jordan, Jager, Olsen, Biondi)
* 1993: USA (Hudepohl, Pepper, Fox, Olsen)
* 1995: USA (Fox, Hudepohl, Olsen, Hall)
* 1997: USA (Tucker, Schumacher, Olsen, Walker)
* 1999: Australia (Klim, English, Fydler, Thorpe)
* 2002: Australia (Callus, Pearson, Hackett, Thorpe)
* 2006: USA (Phelps, Walker, Jones, Lezak)
* 2010: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Lezak, Adrian)
* 2014: Australia (D'Orsogna, Magnussen, Abood, McEvoy)
* 2018: Brazil (Santos, Chierighini, Ferreira Jr., Spajari)

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Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

* 1985: USA (Heath, Biondi, Dillon, Oppel)
* 1987: USA (Dalbey, Biondi, Cetlinski, Oppel)
* 1989: USA (Stewart, Jorgensen, Olsen, Gjertsen)
* 1991: USA (Dalbey, Jorgensen, Hudepohl, Olsen)
* 1993: USA (Burgess, Eckerman, Taner, Davis)
* 1995: AUS (Allen, Housman, Dunn, Kowalski)
* 1997: USA (Carvin, Malchow, Taner, Davis)
* 1999: AUS (Thorpe, Kirby, Hackett, Klim)
* 2002: AUS (Hackett, Stevens, Cram, Thorpe)
* 2006: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller)
* 2010: USA (Phelps, Vanderkaay, Berens, Lochte)
* 2014: USA (Dwyer, Phelps, Lochte, McLean)
* 2018: USA (Seliskar, Pieroni, Apple, Haas)

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Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

* 1959: Great Britain: Unknown
* 1961: Japan: (Shimizu, Fukui, Yoshimuta, Fujimoto)
* 1963: Japan: (Umemoto, Fukui, Yoshimuta, Fujimoto)
* 1965: United States: (Roth, Saari, Dilley, Ilman)
* 1967: United States: (Walsh, Havens, Charlton, Zorn)
* 1970: United States: (Havens, McConica, O'Mallay, Heckl)
* 1973: United States: (Elliot, Tietre, Anderson, Knox)
* 1977: United States: (Coan, Lambert, Curington, Ebuna)
* 1979: Not held
* 1981: United States: (Spencer, Schmidt, Goodridge, Kirschner)
* 1983: Soviet Union:
* 1985: United States: (McCadam, Born, Oppel, Biondi)
* 1987: United States: (Hansen, Kerska, Williams, Thomas)
* 1991: United States: (Anderson, Davis, Hansen, Towne)
* 1993: United States: (Kurza, Pepper, Picotte, Fox)
* 1995: United States: (Schumacher, Tucker, Gumbril, Davis)
* 1997: United States: (Newman, Esway, Lezak, Jones)
* 1999: Australia: (Goudie, Upton, Wyllie, Pine)
* 2001: Great Britain: (Kidd, Scotcher, Cozens, Belk)
* 2003: Great Britain: (Cozens, Scotcher, Davenport, Kidd)
* 2005: France: (Galavtine, Bodet, Madelaine, Bernard)
* 2007: United States: (McGinnis, Grevers, Lundquist, Ritter)
* 2009: United States: (Copeland, Brady, Mcginnis, Robison)
* 2011: United States: (Feigen, Phillips, Norys, Savulich)
* 2013: Russia: (Grechin, Lobintsev, Morozov, Izotov)
* 2015: United States: (Ellis, Wynalda, Conger, Stubblefield)
* 2017: United States: (Rooney, Held, Ress, Lynch)
* 2019: United States: (Apple, Farris, Howard, Jackson)

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Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

* 1959: Italy: Unknown
* 1961: Not held
* 1963: Not held
* 1965: United States: (Roth, Saari, Roth, Ilman)
* 1967: United States: (Charlton, Nelson, Hickcox, Robie)
* 1970: United States: (Strenk, O'Mallay, McConica, Heckl)
* 1973: Soviet Union: Unknown
* 1977: United States: (Weston, Curington, Ebuna, Hannula Jr.)
* 1979: United States: (Sharpe, Dickson, O'Brien, Hillencamp)
* 1981: Soviet Union: Unknown
* 1983: Soviet Union: Unknown
* 1985: United States: (Oppel, Siroky, Dillon, Biondi)
* 1987: United States: (Parker, Lang, Hodge, Olsen)
* 1991: Soviet Union: Unknown
* 1993: United States: (Keppeler, Phillips, Van Tassell, Berube)
* 1995: United States: (Davis, Kanner, Rumley, Schumacher)
* 1997: United States: (Eckerman, Goldblatt, Rauch, Schryver)
* 1999: United States: (Godsman, Hartzel, Leonard, Warkentin)
* 2001: Italy: (Beccari, Selleri, Pelliciari, Cappellazzo)
* 2003: Russia: (Kapralov, Kuznetsov, Chernyshov, Prilukov)
* 2005: Italy: (Frovi, Calvi, Pasteris, Cassio)
* 2007: United States: (McGinnis, Ritter, Van Wie, Klueh)
* 2009: Japan: (Uchida, Hihara, Kuzuhara, Mononobe)
* 2011: United States: (Klueh, Hill, Bartlett, McLean)
* 2013: Russia: (Izotov, Lobintsev, Lobuzov, Sukhorukov)
* 2015: United States: (Youngquist, Malone, Wynalda, Whitaker)
* 2017: Japan: (Matsumoto, Sakata, Kobori, Hagino)
* 2019: United States: (Farris, House, Julian, Apple)

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