Nelson Jesús Mora Molina is a former

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from

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who won the 200-metre butterfly at the

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in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Mora is the first Venezuelan to win a Pan American Games gold medal in swimming. Mora represented his native country in the

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. He attended the

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in Coral Gables, Florida, from 1996 to 1998, where he swam for the Miami Hurricanes swimming and diving team. He was named an honorable mention All-American with 12th-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly (1:47.50) at the 1997

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Championships. He also won the 200-yard butterfly at the 1997 Big East Conference Championships while setting a championships record (1:47.63) and earning All-Conference honors. He placed fourth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:29.13), eighth in the 100-yard butterfly (50.14,and was a member of second-place 800-yard freestyle relay and third-place 400-yard freestyle relay teams> Mora received the 1997 IBIS award and was recognized as a 1996-97 Big East Academic All-Star. In 1999, he transferred to

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in Tallahassee, Florida, where he swam for the

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swimming and diving team in the

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(NCAA) competition in 1999, and was gain named an honorable mention All-America with the Seminoles' 16th-place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay.

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