Moise Joseph (born 27 December 1981 in

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) is a Haitian middle-distance runner specializing in the

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. He competed at the

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, placing sixth in his heat and getting eliminated. He competed again at the 2012 Olympic Games, but was again eliminated in the heats.

Running career

High school

Born in Miami, Joseph attended

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until he graduated in 2000. There he was coached by John A. Rolle, and ended up recording personal bests of 1:50.30 in the 800 meters, 4:10.85 in the 1600 meters, and 9:21.43 in the 3200 meters.

Collegiate

Joseph was recruited to

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, where he specialized in the 800 meters. He qualified for three consecutive NCAA finals in 2002, 2003, and 2004, the best result of which was a third-place finish in the men's 800 final in 2002.
Athletic.net: Moise Joseph In his senior year at Florida, he qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics and went on to compete for Haiti.

Personal bests

Outdoors *800m 1:45.74 (Baton Rouge 2002) *1000m 2:19.06 (New York 2005) *1500m 3:45.54 (Starkville 2002) Indoors *800m 1:47.56 (Karlsruhe 2006) *1500m 3:45.93 (New York 2011)

Achievements

References

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* * * 1981 births Living people Haitian male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic athletes of Haiti Pan American Games competitors for Haiti World Athletics Championships athletes for Haiti Track and field athletes from Miami American sportspeople of Haitian descent Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Haiti Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics {{haiti-athletics-bio-stub