Richard Saeger

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Richard Saeger

Personal information

Full name

Richard Erwin Saeger

Nickname(s)

"Rich"

Nationality

United States

Born

March 4, 1964
Rochester, New York

Height

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight

185 lb (84 kg)

Sport

Swimming

Stroke(s)

Freestyle

College team

Southern Methodist University

Medal record

Men's swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1984 Los Angeles	4x200 m freestyle
World Aquatics Championships
Gold	1982 Guayaquil	4x200 m freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold	1983 Caracas	4x200 m freestyle

Richard Erwin Saeger (born March 4, 1964) is an American former swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. He earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the 4x200-meter freestyle relay event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.^[1]

References

↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Richard Saeger. Retrieved September 17, 2012.

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sports-reference

World Long Course Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1973: USA (Krumpholz, Backhaus, Klatt, Montgomery)
1975: West Germany (Steinbach, Lampe, Geisler, Nocke)
1978: USA (Furniss, Forrester, Hackett, Gaines)
1982: USA (Saeger, Float, Miller, Gaines)
1986: East Germany (Hinneburg, Flemming, Richter, Lodziewski)
1991: West Germany (Sitt, Zesner, Pfeiffer, Gross)
1994: Sweden (Wallin, Werner, Frölander, Holmertz)
1998: Australia (Klim, Thorpe, Hackett, Kowalski)
2001: Australia (Hackett, Kirby, Klim, Thorpe)
2003: Australia (Hackett, Stevens, Sprenger, Thorpe)
2005: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller)
2007: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Keller, Vanderkaay)
2009: USA (Phelps, Berens, Walters, Lochte)
2011: USA (Phelps, Vanderkaay, Berens, Lochte)
2013: USA (Dwyer, Lochte, Houchin, Berens)

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

1951: United States (Gora, Jones, Cleveland, Heusner)
1955: United States (Smith, Yorzyk, Moore, McLane)
1959: United States (Blick, Sintz, Rounsavelle, Winters)
1963: United States (Ilman, McDonough, Lyons, Townsend)
1967: United States (Schollander, Hickcox, Charlton, Spitz)
1971: United States (Heidenreich, McConica, Genter, Heckl)
1975: United States (DeMont, Favero, Horner, Curington)
1979: United States (Goodell, Larson, Kirshner, Gaines)
1983: United States (Larson, Saeger, Hayes, Gaines)
1987: United States (Robinson, Jones, O'Brien, Witchell)
1991: United States (Keppeler, Wells, Tippins, Diehl)
1995: United States (Olsen, Davis, Berube, Burgess)
1999: United States (Messner, Phillips, Howard, Tucker)
2003: United States (Lochte, Goldberg, Lee, Ketchum)
2007: Brazil (Pereira, Castro, Salatta, Oliveira)
2011: United States (Dwyer, Robison, Houchin, Patton)

v t e 1984 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team	Matt Biondi Rick Carey Chris Cavanaugh George DiCarlo Jeff Float Geoff Gaberino Rowdy Gaines Matt Gribble Bruce Hayes Mike Heath Tom Jager Patrick Kennedy Jeff Kostoff David Larson Robin Leamy Steve Lundquist John Moffet Pablo Morales John Mykkanen Mike O'Brien Richard Saeger Rich Schroeder Jesse Vassallo Dave Wilson

Women's Team	Theresa Andrews Tracy Caulkins Tiffany Cohen Sue Heon Nancy Hogshead Jenna Johnson Kim Linehan Mary T. Meagher Betsy Mitchell Susan Rapp Kim Rhodenbaugh Michelle Richardson Carrie Steinseifer Jill Sterkel Dara Torres Tori Trees Mary Wayte Amy White Sippy Woodhead

Coaches	Ron Ballatore Ray Bussard Don Gambril George Haines Charlie Hodgson Doug Ingram Frank Keefe Skip Kenney Richard Quick Randy Reese Mark Schubert

Persondata
Name	Saeger, Richard
Alternative names	Saeger, Richard Erwin; Saeger, Richard E.; Saeger, Rich
Short description	American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
Date of birth	March 4, 1964
Place of birth	Rochester, New York, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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Richard Saeger

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