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Full name	Richard Craig Oppel
National team	United States
Born	(1966-09-26) September 26, 1966 Keflavik, Iceland
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Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
College team	University of California, Los Angeles
Medal record {#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect. style="width:100%; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #000000;" #REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect.- |- style="background-color:#eeeeee;text-align:center;" ! colspan="3" | Men's swimming |- style="background-color:#eeeeee;text-align:center;" class="adr" ! colspan="3" | Competitor for the United States |- style="background-color:#cccccc;text-align:center;" ! colspan="3" | Olympic Games |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1988 Seoul || 4x200 m freestyle |- style="background-color:#cccccc;text-align:center;" ! colspan="3" | Pan Pacific Games |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1985 Tokyo || 4x200 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1987 Brisbane || 200 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1987 Brisbane || 4x100 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1987 Brisbane || 4x200 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 1987 Brisbane || 100 m freestyle |- style="background-color:#cccccc;text-align:center;" ! colspan="3" | Summer Universiade |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1985 Kobe || 4x100 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1985 Kobe || 4x200 m freestyle #REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect.} </th></tr></table> 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 4x200-meter freestyle relay. 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 List of University of California, Los Angeles people List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) References