Glenn Edward Moses Jr. (born June 7, 1980) is an American former competition

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and

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specialist who is an Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and former world record-holder. He represented the United States at the

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, where he won a gold and silver medal. On January 23, 2002 in

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, Sweden, Moses set a

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in the

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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

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on January 17, 2004. Moses was a contestant on the television program ''

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'' on April 16, 2019. He answered 10 out of 12 questions correctly but then ran out of time.

Career

Moses was born in

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, to

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colonel Glenn Edward and schoolteacher Sissy Moses. He did not begin swimming year-round until his senior year of high school. Moses swam for the

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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

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. 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

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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. As part of his return to swimming, Moses swam at the 2011 U.S. Masters Short Course Nationals.

Post swimming

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

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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

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reality series ''

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'', finishing second in his episode.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moses, Ed 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 Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Virginia Cavaliers men's swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games

Career

Post swimming

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