Terry Alan Schroeder, DC (born October 9, 1958) is an American former water polo player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1] Schroeder is a chiropractor, practicing in Agoura Hills, California.[2][3] He is a 1986 graduate of Palmer Chiropractic College – West where he met his wife, Lori Schroeder. They have two daughters.[4] He is currently the head water polo coach at Pepperdine University, and has been since 2013. He also coached at Pepperdine from 1986 to 2005, but left to become the head coach for the United States Olympic team before returning to Pepperdine.
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| Full name | Terry Alan Schroeder | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 9, 1958 (age 66) Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Pepperdine University Palmer College of Chiropractic West | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Chiropractor Water Polo Coach | |||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1986–present | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2.8 in (190 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 209 lb (95 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Lori | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Schroeder won two consecutive silver medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics.[1] He was given the honor to carry the national flag of the United States at the closing ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, becoming the 16th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[5] Twenty years later, he coached the United States men's national team to a silver in 2008,[6] becoming one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches.
In 1999, Schroeder was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.[7][8] In 2002, he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[9]
A headless bronze statue of a nude Schroeder[10] stands atop a 20,000-pound (9,000 kg)[citation needed] post-and-lintel frame in front of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, created by Robert Graham for the 1984 Summer Olympics. On the same frame, to the south of Schroeder's statue, is a statue of Jennifer Innis, a long jumper from Guyana.[10]
See also
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edit- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Terry Schroeder". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ Press, Stephen J. (December 2013). History of Sports Chiropractic. C.I.S Commercial Finance Grp., Ltd. p. 168. ISBN 9781105536830. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ "Dr. Terry A. Schroeder, Chiropractor, Schroeder Center for Healthy Living | (818) 889-5572". www.schroederhealthyliving.com. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ "Terry Schroeder, Author at Water Polo Planet". Water Polo Planet. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ "Terry Schroeder". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ "Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo" (PDF). la84.org. LA84 Foundation. pp. 79, 215. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Terry Schroeder (1999)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Terry Schroeder (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ a b Crowe, Jerry (December 11, 2006). "Schroeder learns to grin and bare the naked truth". Los Angeles Times. LA Times. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
