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Moss Burmester

Moss Burmester
Medal record
Men’s swimming
Representing  New Zealand
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2008 Manchester 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2006 Shanghai 200 m butterfly
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne 100 m butterfly

Moss James Burmester (born 19 June 1981) is a New Zealand swimmer and diver. His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Burmester was born in Hastings, New Zealand. He grew up in Tauranga and received his education at Otumoetai College. His career highlights in the 200m butterfly are 4th at the 2008 Olympics and gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where he set a Commonwealth Games record of 1:56.64.

He was the bronze medallist in the 100m butterfly at the 2006 Commonwealth Games with a time of 52.73 and set a New Zealand record of 52.37 when qualifying for New Zealand's 2008 Olympic team.

After he retired from swimming, he became an unassisted diver.

In the 200m butterfly final, Burmester led for the first 50m, slipped to second behind Michael Phelps for the middle 100m and finished 4th equal, setting a Commonwealth record of 1:54.35.



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