Pablo Morales

Pablo Morales

Personal information
Full name	Pedro Pablo Morales, Jr.
Nationality	United States
Born	(1964-12-05) December 5, 1964 Chicago, Illinois
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	187 lb (85 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Butterfly, freestyle
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for the  United States Olympic Games Gold 1984 Los Angeles 4x100 m medley Gold 1992 Barcelona 100 m butterfly Gold 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m medley Silver 1984 Los Angeles 100 m butterfly Silver 1984 Los Angeles 200 m medley World Championships (LC) Gold 1986 Madrid 100 m butterfly Gold 1986 Madrid 4x100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships Gold 1985 Tokyo 100 m butterfly Gold 1985 Tokyo 200 m medley Gold 1985 Tokyo 4x100 m medley Gold 1987 Brisbane 100 m butterfly Gold 1987 Brisbane 4x100 m medley Gold 1989 Tokyo 4x100 m medley Bronze 1987 Brisbane 200 m medley Pan American Games Silver 1983 Caracas 100 m butterfly

Pedro Pablo Morales, Jr. (born December 5, 1964) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and former world record-holder. He attended Bellarmine College Preparatory, in San Jose, California under the supervision of Larry Rogers. He won a relay gold and two silver medals swimming butterfly at the 1984 Summer Olympics and set the world record in the 100-meter butterfly at the Olympic Trials that year as well as setting relay records with teammates Rick Carey, Steve Lundquist and Rowdy Gaines.

However, in 1988 on the heels of a record 11th NCAA individual championship at Stanford University, he failed to qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympics. After briefly retiring from the sport to pursue a law degree at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, he returned to the Olympics in 1992 as the team captain and captured gold in the 100-meter butterfly, becoming the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic medal. He is currently the head women's swimming and diving coach at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

See also

• List of notable Cuban-Americans
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of Stanford University people
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
• World record progression 100 metres butterfly
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

External links

• Pablo Morales – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
• Pablo Morales (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame

Records
Preceded by Matt Gribble	Men's 100-meter butterfly world record-holder (long course) June 26, 1984 – July 30, 1984	Succeeded by Michael Gross
Preceded by Michael Gross	Men's 100-meter butterfly world record-holder (long course) June 23, 1986 – August 23, 1995	Succeeded by Denis Pankratov

v t e 1984 USA Olympic Swimming Team Men's Team Matt Biondi Rick Carey Chris Cavanaugh George DiCarlo Jeff Float Geoff Gaberino Rowdy Gaines Matt Gribble Bruce Hayes Mike Heath Tom Jager Patrick Kennedy Jeff Kostoff David Larson Robin Leamy Steve Lundquist John Moffet Pablo Morales John Mykkanen Mike O'Brien Richard Saeger Rich Schroeder Jesse Vassallo Dave Wilson Women's Team Theresa Andrews Tracy Caulkins Tiffany Cohen Sue Heon Nancy Hogshead Jenna Johnson Kim Linehan Mary T. Meagher Betsy Mitchell Susan Rapp Kim Rhodenbaugh Michelle Richardson Carrie Steinseifer Jill Sterkel Dara Torres Tori Trees Mary Wayte Amy White Sippy Woodhead Coaches Ron Ballatore Ray Bussard Don Gambril George Haines Charlie Hodgson Doug Ingram Frank Keefe Skip Kenney Richard Quick Randy Reese Mark Schubert

v t e 1992 USA Olympic Swimming Team Men's Team Mike Barrowman David Berkoff Matt Biondi Greg Burgess Hans Dersch Nelson Diebel Lawrence Frostad Doug Gjertsen Joe Hudepohl Scott Jaffe Tom Jager Shaun Jordan Dan Jorgensen Ron Karnaugh Sean Killion Pablo Morales Eric Namesnik Jon Olsen Jeff Rouse Roque Santos Tripp Schwenk Royce Sharp Melvin Stewart Joel Thomas Dave Wharton Women's Team Crissy Ahmann-Leighton Janet Evans Nicole Haislett Erika Hansen Jill Johnson Megan Kleine Lea Loveless Angel Martino Anita Nall Summer Sanders Ashley Tappin Jenny Thompson Dara Torres Janie Wagstaff Angie Wester-Krieg Coaches Mike Hastings Richard Quick Eddie Reese Mark Schubert Richard Shoulberg Nort Thornton Jon Urbanchek