Anthony Mosse
.jpg) Mosse in 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Robin Le Clerc Mosse |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Born | 29 October 1964 Hong Kong |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Event | Butterfly |
| College team | Stanford University |
Medal record | |
Anthony Robin Le Clerc Mosse MBE (born 29 October 1964 in Hong Kong) is a former New Zealand swimmer who competed at two Summer Olympic Games and three Commonwealth Games. He won one Olympic bronze medal, as well as two gold medals, one silver and one bronze at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
[edit]Mosse was the standard bearer for New Zealand competitive swimming through the 1980s. He swam at his first Commonwealth Games, in Brisbane, Australia in 1982, when he was 17. At the 1983 Summer Universiade in Edmonton, Mosse won a bronze medal in the 200-metre butterfly. He also finished 5th in the 100-metre butterfly.[1][2] At the Los Angeles Olympics, he made the final in his two butterfly events.[3]
At the 1985 Summer Universiade in Kobe, Mosse won a silver medal in the 200-metre butterfly. He also finished 5th in the 100-metre butterfly[1][4] At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, he won gold and silver and in the same year was second in the 200m butterfly final at the World Championships.[1] At the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb, Mosse won a gold medal in the 200-metre butterfly, and a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly.[1][5] Mosse developed his career in the United States but continued to swim for New Zealand, gaining a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea.[3] He rounded out his career when he won the 200m butterfly at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.
Mosse gained a BA (Hons) from Stanford University in 1989 and later completed an MBA at the same university. He and his American wife have two children. He is now a merchant banker in San Francisco, but continues to be involved in swimming and is a regular commentator for TVNZ (including Beijing, 2008).
In the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours, Mosse was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to swimming.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Medalists" (PDF). ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2014.
- ^ "Results of the 1983 Universiade" (PDF). USA Swimming. 7 July 1983. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anthony Mosse". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ "Results of the 1985 Universiade" (PDF). USA Swimming. 30 August 1985. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ "Results of the 1987 Universiade" (PDF). USA Swimming. 14 July 1987. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ "No. 51774". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 17 June 1989. p. 32.
External links
[edit]- Anthony Mosse at World Aquatics
- Anthony Mosse at the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
- Anthony Mosse at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Anthony Mosse at Olympics.com
- Anthony Mosse at Olympedia (archive)
- Anthony Mosse at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers for New Zealand
- Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- American people of New Zealand descent
- New Zealand male butterfly swimmers
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Stanford Cardinal men's swimmers
- New Zealand expatriate swimmers in the United States
- New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for New Zealand
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for New Zealand
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for New Zealand
- Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade
- Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen