Owen Von Richter (born April 7, 1975) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer who swam in the mixed-stroke medley events in international championships. Von Richter represented Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he placed 29th in the men's 400-metre individual medley event, clocking 4:25.70 in the preliminary heats.[1]
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Full name | Owen Von Richter | |||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Calgary, Alberta | April 7, 1975|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Medley | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Etobicoke Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Michigan | |||||||||||||||||
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He previously won a pair of bronze medals in the 200- and 400-metre individual medley events at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.
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edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Owen Von Richter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2015.