- Nelson Diebel
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Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for the 
United StatesOlympic Games Gold 1992 Barcelona 100 m breaststroke Gold 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m medley relay Pan American Games Silver 1991 Havana 200 m breastsroke Pan Pacific Championships Silver 1989 Tokyo 200 m breaststroke Nelson W. Diebel (born November 9, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former swimmer from the United States, who won two gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Diebel attended the Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey, based on his inflated claims of his swimming abilities.[1]
References
- ^ "Star Swimmers", Time, July 27, 1992. Accessed February 27, 2011. "Nelson Diebel, U.S. - He lied his way into the Peddie School in Hightstown, N.J., claiming swimming prowess he didn't have."
External links
- Nelson Diebel biography and Olympic results, retrieved 2011-01-10.
1992 USA Olympic Swimming Team Men's Team Mike Barrowman • David Berkoff • Matt Biondi • Greg Burgess • Hans Dersch • Nelson Diebel • Lawrence Frostad • Doug Gjertsen • Joe Hudepohl • Scott Jaffe • Tom Jager • Shaun Jordan • Dan Jorgensen • Ron Karnaugh • Sean Killion • Pablo Morales • Eric Namesnik • Jon Olsen • Jeff Rouse • Roque Santos • Tripp Schwenk • Royce Sharp • Melvin Stewart • Joel Thomas • Dave Wharton
Women's Team Crissy Ahmann-Leighton • Janet Evans • Nicole Haislett • Erika Hansen • Jill Johnson • Megan Kleine • Lea Loveless • Angel Martino • Anita Nall • Summer Sanders • Ashley Tappin • Jenny Thompson • Dara Torres • Janie Wagstaff • Angie Wester-Krieg
Coaches Mike Hastings • Richard Quick • Eddie Reese • Mark Schubert • Richard Shoulberg • Nort Thornton • Jon Urbanchek
Olympic Champions in Men's 100 m Breaststroke 1968: Don McKenzie • 1972: Nobutaka Taguchi • 1976: John Hencken • 1980: Duncan Goodhew • 1984: Steve Lundquist • 1988: Adrian Moorhouse • 1992: Nelson Diebel • 1996: Frédérik Deburghgraeve • 2000: Domenico Fioravanti • 2004: Kosuke Kitajima • 2008: Kosuke Kitajima
Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay 1960: USA (McKinney, Hait, Larson, Farrell) • 1964: USA (Mann, Craig, Schmidt, Clark) • 1968: USA (Hickcox, McKenzie, Russell, Walsh) • 1972: USA (Stamm, Bruce, Spitz, Heidenreich) • 1976: USA (Naber, Hencken, Vogel, Montgomery) • 1980: Australia (Kerry, Evans, Tonelli, Brooks) • 1984: USA (Carey, Lundquist, Morales, Gaines) • 1988: USA (Berkoff, Schroeder, Biondi, Jacobs) • 1992: USA (Rouse, Diebel, Morales, Olsen) • 1996: USA (Rouse, Linn, Henderson, Hall, Jr.) • 2000: USA (Krayzelburg, Moses, Crocker, Hall, Jr.) • 2004: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak) • 2008: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak)
Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- American swimmers
- American swimming coaches
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Peddie School alumni
- People from Chicago, Illinois
- Swimmers at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs
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