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]

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Craig Oppel

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Full name	Richard Craig Oppel
National team	United States
Born	(1966-09-26) September 26, 1966 (age 57) 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

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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.

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