Douglas Kimbell Explained

Douglas Kimbell
Fullname:	Douglas Burns Kimbell
Birth Place:	Long Beach, California, U.S.
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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.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)

Notes and References

1. News: It's Doug Kimbell's Job to Make Waves and Influence Offenses . . Martin . Beck . July 23, 1992.
2. Web site: Doug Kimbell . SAC.edu . Santa Ana College . 2010-09-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100601161448/http://ext.sac.edu/academic_progs/exercise_science/HallofFame/members/Inductees/Kimbell_Doug.html . 2010-06-01 .
3. Web site: Douglas Kimbell (2000) . usawaterpolo.org . USA Water Polo . 18 September 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200404222724/https://usawaterpolo.org/hof.aspx?hof=82 . 2020-04-04 .
4. Web site: Hall of Fame Inductees . usawaterpolo.org . USA Water Polo . 18 September 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190531173820/https://usawaterpolo.org/sports/2018/11/28/trads-hof-inductees-html.aspx . 2019-05-31 .