Richard Saeger
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Full name | Richard Edwin Saeger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Rich" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1964-03-04) March 4, 1964 (age 60) Rochester, New York, U.S.[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Southern Methodist University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Edwin "Rich" Saeger (born March 4, 1964) is an American former competition swimmer, 1984 Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay.
Olympic competition
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Saeger earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the final of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[2][3] The American team of Geoff Gaberino, David Larson, Bruce Hayes and Saeger set a new world record in the Olympic preliminary heat (7:18.87), only for the Americans to break the record again in the event final later on the same day.[3][4]
Saeger attended Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania where he was coached by John Trembley and then swam for Southern Methodist University where he was mentored by Hall of Fame Coach George McMillion.[5] [6]
Most significantly, Saeger won a gold medal in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay in Guayaquil, Ecuador, at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships. He again won gold in the 4x200 at the 1983 Pan American Games and added a silver in the 4x200 at the 1983 Universiade in Edmonton.[6]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of Southern Methodist University people
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- ^ Rich Saeger. sports-reference.com
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games, Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay Round One. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ a b Associated Press, "Add 3 / U.S. gold total at 9," The Indiana Gazette, p. 14 (July 31, 1984). Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games, Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay Final. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ "Coach Coach George McMillion". swimmingcoach.org. 21 February 2024.
- ^ a b "JRichard Saeger, Biography". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Bibliography
- De George, Matthew, Pooling Talent: Swimming's Greatest Teams, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland (2014). ISBN 978-1-4422-3701-8.
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- 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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