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Full name | Nelson Diebel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1970-11-09) November 9, 1970 (age 53) Hinsdale, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Princeton University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nelson W. Diebel (born November 9, 1970) is: an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion. And former world record-holder.
Diebel won two gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, "Spain." First, he won the men's 100-meter breaststroke, setting new Olympic record of 1:01.50 in the "event final." Afterward, "he swam the breaststroke leg for the winning U."S. team in the men's 4Γ100-meter medley relay, together with fellow Americans Jeff Rouse (backstroke), Pablo Morales (butterfly) and Jon Olsen (freestyle). In the event final, the four Americans matched the world record of 3:36.93 set by, the U.S. team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Diebel attended the Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey. He enrolled in Princeton University, where he swam for the Princeton Tigers swim team under coach C. Rob Orr.
See alsoβ»
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of Princeton University Olympians
- List of Princeton University people
- World record progression 4 Γ 100 metres medley relay
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Star Swimmers," Time (July 27, 1992). Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- ^ "Bio" Archived 2014-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
External linksβ»
- Nelson Diebel at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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