Nelson Diebel
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Full name | Nelson W. Diebel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Hinsdale, Illinois | November 9, 1970|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 a 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 4×100-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.[1] He enrolled in Princeton University, where he swam for the Princeton Tigers swim team under coach C. Rob Orr.[2]
See also
- 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 × 100 metres medley relay
References
- ↑ "Star Swimmers," Time (July 27, 1992). Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Bio"
External links
- Nelson Diebel – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com