Rick Colella
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Full name | Richard Phillip Colella, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Rick" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1951-12-14) December 14, 1951 (age 72) Seattle, Washington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 181 lb (82 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Totem Lake Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Washington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Phillip Colella, Jr. (born December 14, 1951)[1] is an American former breaststroke swimmer who represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972.
Colella's sister Lynn was also an Olympic swimmer. In 1971 Richard and Lynn won the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Man of the Year award.[2]
Colella finished fourth in the final of the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, he finished third and received the bronze medal in the 200-meter breaststroke, his signature event.
Colella and his wife Terry have raised four children, Elise, Mariel, Brian and Angie. For the past twenty years, the Colellas have dedicated themselves to raising money for research to find a cure for facioscapulohumeral disease (FSHD), a common form of muscular dystrophy that affects their son Brian. They formed FSH Friends, an organization that they run out of their home. They work to raise money and put on an annual auction gala that takes place the beginning of February. They've also co-sponsored local workshops, bringing researchers together from around the world, to help move the research forward.[3]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Washington people
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
References
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- Robin Backhaus
- Tom Bruce
- Mike Burton
- Mark Chatfield
- Rick Colella
- Gary Conelly
- Rick DeMont
- David Edgar
- Dave Fairbank
- Steve Furniss
- Steve Genter
- Gary Hall (team captain)
- Jerry Heidenreich
- John Hencken
- Mitch Ivey
- Brian Job
- John Kinsella
- Tom McBreen
- Tim McKee
- John Murphy
- Doug Northway
- Mark Spitz
- Mike Stamm
- Fred Tyler
- Susie Atwood
- Shirley Babashoff
- Jane Barkman (team captain)
- Jenny Bartz
- Melissa Belote
- Cathy Carr
- Claudia Clevenger
- Lynn Colella (team captain)
- Ellie Daniel
- Deena Deardurff
- Jo Harshbarger
- Jenny Kemp
- Ann Marshall
- Judy Melick
- Barbara Mitchell
- Karen Moe
- Mary Montgomery
- Sandy Neilson
- Kim Peyton
- Keena Rothhammer
- Dana Schoenfield
- Dana Shrader
- Ann Simmons
- Lynn Skrifvars
- Lynn Vidali
- Carolyn Woods
- Jenny Wylie
- Don Gambril
- George Haines
- Peter Daland (men's head coach)
- Sherm Chavoor (women's head coach)
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