Moss Burmester

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Medal record
Competitor for  New Zealand
Men’s swimming
World Championships - Short Course
Gold	2008 Manchester	200 m butterfly
Silver	2006 Shanghai	200 m butterfly
Commonwealth Games
Gold	2006 Melbourne[1]	200 m butterfly
Bronze	2006 Melbourne	100 m butterfly

Moss James Burmester (born June 19, 1981 in Hastings, New Zealand) is a New Zealand swimmer, who was a gold medalist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He set a new Commonwealth Games 200 m butterfly record in a time of 1:56.64. He represented his native country New Zealand at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He is also the current Commonwealth record holder for the 200 m butterfly with a time of 1:54.99, set at the 2008 Absolute Insurance Olympic Trials in Henderson. Burmester also qualified in the 100 m butterfly, with a new New Zealand record time of 52.37.

Contents 1 Career highlights 1.1 2006 Commonwealth Games 1.2 2002 Commonwealth Games 1.3 2004 Olympic Games 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Career highlights

[edit] 2006 Commonwealth Games

• 1st: 200 m butterfly (1:56.64)^[2]
• 3rd: 100 m butterfly (52.73)

[edit] 2002 Commonwealth Games

• 17th: 100 m freestyle (53.21)
• 16th: 50 m butterfly (25.50)
• 9th: 100 m butterfly (54.96)
• 4th: 200 m butterfly (1:59.94)

[edit] 2004 Olympic Games

• 28th: 400 m freestyle (3:57.29)
• 28th: 1500 m freestyle (15:56.42)
• 12th: 200 m butterfly (1:58.09)

[edit] See also

• Commonwealth Games records in swimming

[edit] External links

• Moss takes first gold medal

[edit] References