Moe Thu Aung (born 10 June 1981) is a Burmese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. Aung represented

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at the

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, received a total of ten medals (one gold, six silver, and three bronze) from all editions of the Southeast Asian Games since 2001, and later became a top 8 finalist in a sprint freestyle double at the

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. During her sporting career, she swam and trained for the MLC School's swimming club, also known as ''MLC Marlins'', under an Australian-based coach John Bladon. Aung competed only in the women's 50 m freestyle at the

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. She received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, without meeting an entry time. She participated in heat one against two other swimmers, 12-year-old

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of Bahrain and Paula Barila Bolopa of Equatorial Guinea. Aung pulled away from a small field to an unexpected triumph in a new Burmese record of 26.80, finishing farther ahead of Gerashi, who was later disqualified from the race for a no false-start rule attempt, and Bolopa, who posted the event's slowest time in Olympic history (1:03.97). Aung's surprising reward was not enough to put her through to the semifinals, as she placed thirty-ninth overall out of 74 swimmers in the prelims. At the

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, Aung edged out Singapore's top favorite

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by seven hundredths of a second (0.07) to capture the 50 m freestyle title in 26.34, adding it to two other silver medals from her hardware in the 100 m freestyle (57.61) and in the 100 m butterfly (1:01.76). At the

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, Aung failed to medal in any of her individual events, finishing seventh each in the

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(26.72) and in the

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(58.01).

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* 1981 births Living people Burmese female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Myanmar Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Burmese female freestyle swimmers Female butterfly swimmers Sportspeople from Yangon SEA Games medalists in swimming SEA Games gold medalists for Myanmar SEA Games silver medalists for Myanmar SEA Games bronze medalists for Myanmar Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Myanmar {{DEFAULTSORT:Aung, Moe Thu