Alan Mouchawar

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Alan Mouchawar
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Full nameAlan Edward Mouchawar
BornAugust 3, 1960 (1960-08-03) (age 63)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Men's water polo
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Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1988 Seoul Team competition

Alan Mouchawar (born August 3, 1960) [1] is a former water polo player who won a silver medal for the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[ citation needed ]

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About

Education

Mouchawar grew up attended Long Beach Poly High School in 1975-1978. [2]

Mouchawar attended undergraduate of Stanford University from 1978-1982. [3] He was also on the water polo team where he won 3 national championships and was a 4 time all American. Mouchawar then went to medical school at UCSD And graduated in 1987.[ citation needed ]

After San Diego State, he did an anesthesiology residency at UC San Francisco along with a fellowship at Stanford in 1992-93.[ citation needed ]

Olympic and Professional Career

Mouchawar was on the Us National team that won the gold medal at the 1987 Goodwill Games, as well as the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games. [3]

After medical school he participated in the 1988 summer Olympics. He was on the team that won the US National team the silver medal at the 1988 Olympics. [3]

After the Olympics he did an anesthesia residency at UCSF and an ICU fellowship at Stanford. In 2002, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame. [4] [5] [2] In 2003, he was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame. [6]

He currently works as a cardiac anesthesiologist at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach.[ citation needed ]

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References

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