Moss Burmester
Medal record | ||
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Men’s swimming | ||
Representing New Zealand | ||
World Championships (SC) | ||
2008 Manchester | 200 m butterfly | |
2006 Shanghai | 200 m butterfly | |
Commonwealth Games | ||
2006 Melbourne[1] | 200 m butterfly | |
2006 Melbourne | 100 m butterfly |
Moss James Burmester (born 19 June 1981) is a New Zealand swimmer. His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Burmester was born in Hastings, New Zealand. His career highlights in the 200m butterfly are 4th at the 2008 Olympics and gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where he set a Commonwealth Games record of 1:56.64.
He was the bronze medallist in the 100m butterfly at the 2006 Commonwealth Games with a time of 52.73 and set a New Zealand record of 52.37 when qualifying for New Zealand's 2008 Olympic team.
Contents
Career highlights
2008 Olympics
In the 200m butterfly final, Burmester led for the first 50m, slipped to second behind Michael Phelps for the middle 100m and finished 4th equal, setting a Commonwealth record of 1:54.35.[2]
2006 Commonwealth Games
2004 Olympic Games
2002 Commonwealth Games
- 18th: 100 m freestyle (53.21)
- 16th: 50 m butterfly (25.50)
- 9th: 100 m butterfly (54.96)
- 4th: 200 m butterfly (1:59.94)[5]
See also
References
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- ↑ Men's 200m Butterfly Final - Result, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
- ↑ Men's 100m Butterfly Final - Result, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
- ↑ 2002 Commonwealth Games - Medals Tally by Sport
External links
- Moss Burmester's official website
- Moss Burmester, SPARC (Sport & Recreation New Zealand)
- Moss takes first gold medal
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