Richard Gheel
Swimming
BIOGRAPHY
Richard Gheel competed in the men’s 200 metres freestyle, 100 metres backstroke and 200 metres backstroke at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games – finishing 25th in the 200 metres backstroke as his best result.
From Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Gheel had set a new Irish record for the 200 metres backstroke at the Eight Nations Gala in Edinburgh – a time described as the fastest recorded in that international event since 1982 – and this performance secured his selection for Seoul.
His 25th place in the 200 metres backstroke reflected his standing as Ireland’s leading backstroke swimmer of his era.
