Rick Colella
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Full name | Richard Phillip Colella, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Rick, Ricardo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Seattle, Washington | December 14, 1951|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Totem Lake Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Washington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Phillip "Rick" Colella, Jr. (born December 14, 1951 in Seattle, Washington)[1] is a former international breaststroke swimmer from the United States, who participated for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972.
In 1971, Rick and Lynn were co-winners of the Seattle P-I's Man of the Year award.[2]
Rick and his wife Terry have raised four children, Elise, 27, Mariel, 25, Brian, 23, and Angie, 20, who have spread out across the globe. Elise currently lives in Washington, DC; Mariel lives in Philadelphia, PA; Brian is in South Korea; Angie is in Tucson, AZ.
For the past seven 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, a graduate of University of Wisconsin. They formed FSH Friends, an organization that they run out of their home. They work year round to raise money and put on an annual auction gala that takes place in the end of January. They've also co-sponsored local workshops, bringing researchers together from around the world, to move the research forward.[3]
References
- ^ Colella's entry from www.sports-reference.com.
- ^ Seattle P-I http://www.seattlepi.com/olympics/370937_where16.html
- ^ FSH Friends http://www.fshfriends.org/
- 1951 births
- Living people
- American swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- People from Seattle, Washington
- Washington Huskies athletes
- College swimmers in the United States
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs