Charles Leonard Richards (born March 19, 1945) is a retired American modern pentathlete.

[2] A graduate of Indiana University in 1967, he was a two-time All-American in Swimming under Hall of Fame Coach Doc Counsilman, but was soon training in modern pentathlon.

After College, he joined the US Army and competed at the 1972 Olympics while at Texas's Fort Sam Houston.

Richards won the 1967 US Junior pentathlete title, and was US Champion in the modern pentathlon in 1970-72.

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