Michele Richardson
American swimmer
Personal information | |||||||
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Full name | Michele Richardson Armengol | ||||||
National team | United States | ||||||
Born |
(
1969-04-28
)
April 28, 1969
(age
54)
Managua, Nicaragua |
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Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||
Weight | 116 lb (53 kg) | ||||||
Sport | |||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||
College team | Clemson University | ||||||
Medal record
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Michele Richardson Armengol (born April 28, 1969) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic silver medalist. Born in Managua, Nicaragua , she represented the United States as a 15-year-old at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [1] She won a silver medal in the women's 800-meter freestyle , finishing second in 8:30.73, behind American teammate Tiffany Cohen . [1] [2]
Both of Richardson's parents are American, and Richardson moved to the United States at the age of ten due to the Nicaraguan Revolution . Richardson initially wanted to represent Nicaragua in international competition, but was denied by the newly established government. [3] Richardson is the sister of Frank Richardson , who swam for Nicaragua in international competition. Richardson swam for Clemson University from 1989 to 1992. She was the ACC champion in the 1650-yard freestyle in 1989. [4] She is also of Cuban descent. [5]
See also
References
- 1 2 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Michele Richardson . Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games, Women's 800 metres Freestyle Final . Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- ↑ Tim Rogers (2012-07-24). "Nicaragua's Olympic hero returns to Summer Games...as a Nicaraguan" . The Nicaragua Dispatch . Retrieved 2013-04-20 .
- ↑ "ACC Announces 50th Anniversary Women's Swimming & Diving Team" . TheACC.com. 2002-08-21 . Retrieved 2013-04-21 .
- ↑ "The Richardson Armengol Family-Managua,Nicaragua" . www.genealogy.com . Retrieved 26 September 2017 .
External links
- Michele Richardson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)