Ed Moses (swimmer)

Glenn Edward ("Ed") Moses, Jr. (born June 7, 1980)^[1] is an Olympic and former World Record holding breaststroke swimmer from the United States. He swam for the USA at the 2000 Olympics, where he won a gold and silver medal.

He was born in Loma Linda, California to Glenn Edward, a United States Air Force colonel, and Sissy Moses, a school teacher. Moses did not begin swimming year-round until his senior year of high school.^[2]

Leading into the 2000 Olympic Games, Moses broke an American Record at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials. At the 2000 Olympics he won two medals: silver in the 100 Breaststroke and gold as a member of the USA's world record-setting 4x100 Medley Relay.

He swam for the University of Virginia and won in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes at the 2000 NCAA Division I Championships, setting World Records for both events (in 2000 the NCAAs were swum short course meters, allowing for World Records). He graduated from the University of Virginia in 2005 with a degree in sports medicine. He has also volunteered as an assistant coach at the University.

On January 23, 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden, Moses set a World Record in the short course 100 Breaststroke (57.47). In January 2002, Moses also set the World mark in the short course 200 Breaststroke, which he lowered again Berlin, Germany on January 17, 2004 with a time of 2:02.92.^[3]

He recently appeared on Golf Channel's "Big Break Disney," where he was eliminated in the first episode.

On Nov. 5, 2010 SwimmingWorld.TV announced that Ed Moses was making a comeback^[4] As part of his return to swimming, Moses swam at the 2011 U.S. Masters Short Course Nationals.

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