Ed Moses (swimmer)
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| Full name | Glenn Edward Moses Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Ed," "Double Bogey" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 7, 1980 Loma Linda, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 172 lb (78 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nation’s Capital Swim Club (NCAP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Glenn Edward Moses Jr. (born June 7, 1980) is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who is an Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and former world record-holder. He represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold and silver medal.[1]
On January 23, 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden, Moses set a world record in the short course 100-meter breaststroke (57.47). In January 2002, Moses also set the world mark in the short course 200-meter breaststroke, which he lowered again with a time of 2:02.92 in Berlin on January 17, 2004.[2]
Moses was a contestant on the television program Mental Samurai on April 16, 2019. He answered 10 out of 12 questions correctly but then ran out of time.
He is a class of ‘99 graduate of Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia which has several other notable athletic alumni including: Mia Hamm, Allen Johnson, and Hubert Davis.
Career
[edit]Moses was born in Loma Linda, California, to U.S. Air Force colonel Glenn Edward and schoolteacher Sissy Moses. He did not begin swimming year-round until his senior year of high school.[3]
Moses swam for the University of Virginia and won in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke events at the 2000 NCAA Division I Championships, setting world records for both events (in 2000 the NCAAs were swum short course meters, allowing for world records). He graduated from the University of Virginia in 2004 with a degree in sports medicine. He has also volunteered as an assistant coach at the University.[4]
Leading into the 2000 Olympic Games, Moses broke an American record at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials. At the 2000 Olympics he won two medals: silver in the 100-meter breaststroke and gold as a member of the USA's world record-setting 4 × 100 medley relay.
On Nov. 5, 2010 SwimmingWorld.TV announced that Ed Moses was making a comeback.[5] As part of his return to swimming, Moses swam at the 2011 U.S. Masters Short Course Nationals.
Post swimming
[edit]Moses continued his sporting career as a semi-professional golfer. He co-founded MoJo Marketing & Media, a creative content consulting company. He currently serves as a vice president. He is also pursuing an MBA degree at UCLA Anderson School of Management[6]
In 2009 Moses appeared on Golf Channel's Big Break Disney Golf where he was eliminated in the first episode. In 2017, he appeared as a contestant on the Netflix reality series Ultimate Beastmaster, finishing second in his episode.[7]
See also
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- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Virginia people
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 50 metres breaststroke
- World record progression 100 metres breaststroke
- World record progression 200 metres breaststroke
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ed Moses". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
- ^ Thierry, Nick J. (January 17, 2004). "Moses Betters Own 200 Breaststroke World Record in Berlin". SwimNews. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ^ "Ed Moses". usaswimming.org. USA Swimming. Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ "Ed Moses". virginiasports.com. August 26, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ "McCaffreyCap". Swimming World Magazine. November 5, 2010. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012.
- ^ "Ed Moses". theandersonexchange.org. November 25, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
- ^ Hecht, Hannah (January 25, 2017). "Ed Moses to Star in Netflix's New "Ultimate Beastmaster"". SwimSwam.
External links
[edit]- Ed Moses at World Aquatics
- Ed Moses at Olympics.com
- Ed Moses at Olympedia
- Ed Moses at USA Swimming (archived June 2, 2021)
- Ed Moses at Team USA (archive June 3, 2021)
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- American male breaststroke swimmers
- World record setters in swimming
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
- People from Loma Linda, California
- Sportspeople from San Bernardino County, California
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Virginia Cavaliers men's swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in swimming