Edwin Moses
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| Full name | Edwin Corley Moses[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 31, 1955[1] Dayton, Ohio, U.S.[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Morehouse College Team adidas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 110 mH – 13.64 (1978) 400 mH – 47.02 (1983) 400 m – 45.60 (1977)[1][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edwin Corley Moses (born August 31, 1955) is an American former hurdler who won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the world record in the event four times. In addition to his running, Moses was also an innovative reformer in the areas of Olympic eligibility and drug testing. In 2000, he was elected the first Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, an international service organization of world-class athletes.[1]
Competition in 400m hurdles
Moses was born in
After breaking his own world record the following year at the Drake Stadium with a time of 47.45 seconds, Moses lost to
By the time American Danny Harris beat Moses in Madrid on June 4, 1987, Moses had won 122 consecutive races, set the world record twice more, won three World Cup titles, a World Championship gold, as well as his two Olympic gold medals. After the loss to Harris, he went on to win 10 more races in a row, collecting his second world gold in Rome in August of the same year.
Moses finished third in the final 400m hurdles race of his career at the
Eligibility reforms
In 1979 Moses took a leave of absence from his job with
Awards
Despite the U.S.-led boycott that kept him from competing at the summer games in Moscow, Moses was the 1980
In 1984 his hometown of Dayton renamed Miami Boulevard West and Sunrise Avenue "Edwin C. Moses Boulevard". In 1999, Moses ranked #47 on ESPN's SportCentury 50 Greatest Athletes.[6]
Drug testing
As a sports administrator, Moses participated in the development of a number of anti-drug policies and helped the track and field community develop one of sports' most stringent random in-competition drug testing systems. In December 1988 he designed and created amateur sports' first random out-of-competition drug testing program. A physicist, Moses has been a leader in creating a structure and protocols that have significantly reduced the use of illegal, performance-enhancing pharmaceuticals in athletics for many decades.[7]
Other achievements
After his retirement from track, Moses competed in a 1990
In 1994 Moses received an MBA from Pepperdine University and was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.[8]
Since election in 2000, Moses has been chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, which seeks "to promote and increase participation in sport at every level, and also to promote the use of sport as a tool for social change around the world".[9] Several dozen Olympic and world champion athletes, through the Laureus Sports for Good Foundation, work to assist disadvantaged youths around the world.
In 2008, Moses presented the Dayton Literary Peace Prize's Lifetime Achievement Award to Martin Luther King Jr., biographer Taylor Branch.
In May 2009, the University of Massachusetts Boston awarded Moses an honorary doctorate for his efforts to maintain the integrity of Olympic sports and for his use of sports as a tool for positive social change.
Personal life
Moses's father was a
Moses is a vegetarian, humanitarian and advocate for peace.[10][11]
From 1986 through 1988, still in the prime of his running career, he suffered from an undiagnosed ruptured disc, discovered by MRI years later.[12]
Moses has one son, Julian, a volleyball player, born on August 29, 1995, in southern California.[12]
He married Myrella Bordt in 1982; they divorced in 1992.[13][12] He married Michelle Moses in February 2007; she filed for divorce in 2016.[14]
In 2017, Moses suffered two traumatic brain injuries within months, but recovered to be able to walk again.[12]
Film
- "Moses - 13 Steps" Documentary film, 2024[15]
References
- ^ a b c d e Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Edwin Moses". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Edwin Moses". usatf.org. USA Track & Field. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
- ^ Edwin Moses. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ a b He's Hurdled into History, New York Times, Dave Anderson, Aug. 6, 1984.
- ISBN 978-0942257403.
- ^ "ESPN unveils SportsCentury's 20 greatest athletes". ESPN.com. September 14, 1999. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
- Irish Times, Donald McRae, February 10, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "Edwin Moses... The Icon: Biography & Stats". The Official Website of Edwin Moses.
- ^ "Laureus". laureus.com.
- ^ Finn, Adharanand (July 30, 2012). "Olympic vegetarians: the elite athletes who shun meat". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "Top 10 Historic Vegetarian and Vegan Olympians". SikhNet. July 30, 2012.
- ^ a b c d Edwin Moses remarkably recovers from traumatic brain injurie NBC Sports (AP), December 4, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Moses Files for Uncontested Divorce, Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1992. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ U.S. OLYMPIC LEGEND EDWIN MOSES WIFE FILES FOR DIVORCE, TMZ, September 4, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "The legendary athlete Edwin Moses will present his autobiographical film in Catalonia". La Vanguardia. April 22, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
Further reading
- "Edwin Moses: An Era Unto Himself" (1999). In ESPN SportsCentury. Michael MacCambridge, Editor. New York: Hyperion-ESPN Books. pp. 254–5.
External links
- Edwin Moses at World Athletics
- Edwin Moses at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived)
- Edwin Moses at the Team USA Hall of Fame
- Edwin Moses at Olympics.com
- Edwin Moses at Olympedia
- IOC 1984 Summer Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived August 30, 2008)
- Schwartz, Larry. Moses made winning look easy. ESPN.com.
- Edwin Moses Biography. Major Taylor Association, Inc.
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
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