Terry Schroeder

Terence Alan " Terry " Schroeder ( born October 9, 1958 in Santa Barbara, California ) is a former American water polo player. He won as a player in 1984 and 1988 Olympic Silver Medal, 2008, he led the U.S. team as a coach for the silver medal.

The 1.90 meter tall Terry Schroeder belonged from 1979 to 1992 for U.S. national water polo, where he paused after the Olympic Games from 1988 to 1990. He participated in three Olympic Games, the 1980 Olympics, he missed, because the United States boycotted the games in Moscow. 1984 and 1988, he won the U.S. team silver behind each of the Yugoslav team, where he threw more than ten goals in two tournaments. In 1992, he finished in the Olympics again in fourth place. At the Pan American Games he won in 1979, 1983 and 1987 respectively, the Gold Medal, in 1991, he finished with the U.S. team to second place. In 1979 he won at the Universiade, 1991 at the World Cup.

1981 and 1985 Terry Schroeder was elected as World Water Player of the Year, 2002, at the Hall of Fame of the swimming sport. Before the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, a sculpture by Robert Graham was before the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was built, had been sitting for the Schroeder model.

In addition to his athletic career Schroeder graduated. In 1981 he completed his studies in Sports Medicine at Pepperdine University from successful 1986 he earned his doctorate at the University Palmer as a chiropractor.

Since 1986, Schroeder worked as a coach at Pepperdine University, 1997, his team won for the first time the U.S. college championship. Schroeder 2008 was head coach of the U.S. water polo team, which finished second behind Hungary and thus the first medal for the U.S. team won for twenty years at the Olympics. In the 2009 World Cup, the U.S. team took fourth place.