Ed Moses (swimmer)
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| Full name | Glenn Edward Moses, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Ed," "Double Bogey" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United States
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June 7, 1980 Loma Linda, California |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 172 lb (78 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Curl-Burke Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.
On January 23, 2002 in , Sweden, Moses set a world record in the short course 100 m breaststroke (57.47). In January 2002, Moses also set the world mark in the short course 200 m breaststroke, which he lowered again Berlin, Germany on January 17, 2004 with a time of 2:02.92.
He was born in Loma Linda, California to Glenn Edward, a U.S. Air Force colonel, and Sissy Moses, a school teacher. Moses did not begin swimming year-round until his senior year of high school.
He swam for the University of Virginia and won in the 100 m and 200 m 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 2005 with a degree in sports medicine. He has also volunteered as an assistant coach at the University.
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 m 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. As part of his return to swimming, Moses swam at the 2011 U.S. Masters Short Course Nationals.
Ed 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
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