Douglas Kimbell
Personal information
Full nameDouglas Burns Kimbell
BornJune 22, 1960 (1960-06-22) (age 63)
Long Beach, California, U.S.
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Men's water polo

Douglas Burns "Doug" Kimbell (born June 22, 1960, in Long Beach, California) is a former USA National Team water polo player who won the silver medal for the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He was also a member of the USA Water Polo team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, which finished fourth in Barcelona, Spain.

Kimbell graduated from Villa Park High School in 1978[1] and still holds many of the school's swimming and water polo scoring records. He attended UCLA briefly on an athletic scholarship, transferring to Santa Ana College (SAC)[2] and then completing his collegiate career at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). He is a member of the Athletic Hall of Fame for both CSULB and SAC. In 2000, Kimbell was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.[3][4]

Kimbell is 6'9", married to Darlene Slepcevic Kimbell and the father to a son Jackson, born in 1994, and a daughter McKenna, born in 2008.

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References

  1. ↑ Beck, Martin (July 23, 1992). "It's Doug Kimbell's Job to Make Waves and Influence Offenses". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ↑ "Doug Kimbell". SAC.edu. Santa Ana College. Archived from the original on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
  3. ↑ "Douglas Kimbell (2000)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2020-04-04. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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