Craig Klass

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Craig Klass
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Full nameEdward Craig Klass
Nationality American
BornJune 20, 1965 (1965-06-20) (age 59)
Wiesbaden, Hessen
Medal record
Men's water polo
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Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1988 Seoul Men's water polo

Edward Craig Klass (born June 20, 1965 in Wiesbaden, Hessen) is a former water polo player who won the silver medal for the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. A graduate of Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California and Stanford University, he also competed for the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In 2000, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame. [1] [2]

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  1. "Craig Klass (2000)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2020-04-04. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 18 September 2020.