Education
Although Schumacher qualified for both swimming and water polo for the 2000 Olympic Games, he chose to compete only in water polo.
Although Schumacher qualified for both swimming and water polo for the 2000 Olympic Games, he chose to compete only in water polo.
Schumacher is a two-time, two-sport Olympian. At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, he helped the United States. men"s water polo team to a sixth place finish. In 1997, he earned a gold medal at the Pan-Pacific Games and his first national championship at the United States. Spring Nationals.
In water polo, he has represented the United States. at the FINA World Championships, FINA World Cup, World University Games and the Goodwill Games.
In 1998, Schumacher competed in World Championships in both sports and joined an elite group of aquatics stars that competed in both sports on the world-class level: Duke Khanamoku, Johnny Weissmuller, Bob Hughes, and Matt Biondi. He was a swimming and water polo All-American in college for coach John Tanner at the University of the Pacific, in Stockton, California, where he completed bachelor"s and master"s degrees in business administration.
He was a member of the winning relay teams at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Four years later, he was a member of the United States. men"s water polo team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Schumacher"s two gold medals came as a member of the United States. men"s swimming relay teams at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia: in the men"s 4×100-meter freestyle relay and in the men"s 4×200m-meter freestyle relay.