Richard Klatt
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| Full name | Richard A. Klatt | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Rick" | ||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1951 (age 74–75) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| College team | University of New Mexico | ||||||||||||||
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Richard A. Klatt (born 1951) is a retired American swimmer who won a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, setting a new world record in the relay event (7:33.22).
After retiring from swimming, he worked for more than 30 years as a swimming and water polo coach. Today, he is the head coach at the Fresno Dolphins Swim Team. His son Daniel Klatt is a former Olympic water polo player and an assistant water polo coach for the national women's team.