Richard Klatt
American swimmer
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Full name | Richard A. Klatt | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Rick" | ||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | 1951 | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
College team | University of New Mexico | ||||||||||||||
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Richard A. Klatt (born 1951)[1][2] is a retired American swimmer who won a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, setting a new world record in the relay event (7:33.22).[3]
After retiring from swimming, he worked for more than 30 years as a swimming and water polo coach. Today, he is the head coach at the Fresno Dolphins Swim Team. [4] His son Daniel Klatt is a former Olympic water polo player and an assistant water polo coach for the national women's team.[5][6]
See also
References
- ^ Klatt named coach at Schroeder Center. The Milwaukee Journal (1980-04-16).
- ^ USMS Top Ten Swims by Richard A Klatt (7). usms.org
- ^ Rick KLATT. les-sports.info
- ^ Coaching Staff. fresnodolphins.org
- ^ Chris Foster (1999-01-19). Klatt's Gene Pool Favors Swimming, Water Polo. LA Times
- ^ Dan Klatt. sports-reference.com
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World long-course champions in men's 4×200 m freestyle relay
- 1973: Kurt Krumpholz, Robin Backhaus, Richard Klatt, Jim Montgomery (USA)
- 1975: Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Hans-Joachim Geisler, Peter Nocke (FRG)
- 1978: Bruce Furniss, Bill Forrester, Bobby Hackett, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
- 1982: Richard Saeger, Jeff Float, Kyle Miller, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
- 1986: Lars Hinneburg, Thomas Flemming, Dirk Richter, Sven Lodziewski (GDR)
- 1991: Peter Sitt, Steffen Zesner, Stefan Pfeiffer, Michael Gross (GER)
- 1994: Christer Wallin, Tommy Werner, Lars Frölander, Anders Holmertz (SWE)
- 1998: Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
- 2001: Grant Hackett, Bill Kirby, Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2003: Grant Hackett, Craig Stevens, Nicholas Sprenger, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
- 2005: Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller (USA)
- 2007: Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller, Peter Vanderkaay (USA)
- 2009: Michael Phelps, Ricky Berens, David Walters, Ryan Lochte (USA)
- 2011: Michael Phelps, Peter Vanderkaay, Ricky Berens, Ryan Lochte (USA)
- 2013: Conor Dwyer, Ryan Lochte, Charlie Houchin, Ricky Berens (USA)
- 2015: Dan Wallace, Robert Renwick, Calum Jarvis, James Guy (GBR)
- 2017: Stephen Milne, Nicholas Grainger, Duncan Scott, James Guy (GBR)
- 2019: Clyde Lewis, Kyle Chalmers, Alexander Graham, Mack Horton (AUS)
- 2022: Drew Kibler, Carson Foster, Trenton Julian, Kieran Smith (USA)
- 2023: Duncan Scott, Matt Richards, Tom Dean, James Guy (GBR)
- 2024: Ji Xinjie, Wang Haoyu, Pan Zhanle, Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN)
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