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奥运名人堂:爱德温•摩西 (Edwin Moses)

爱德温•摩西 (edwin moses) (田径 美国)

seoul ,25 september 1988, games of the xxiv olympiad. men's athletics: edwin moses of the united states finishes 3rd in the 400m hurdles final.

born: 31 august 1955

birthplace: dayton (united states)

nationality: united states

sport: athletics

attendance at the olympic games

montreal 1976

los angeles 1984

seoul 1988

awards

olympic medals:

gold: 2

bronze: 1

other results:

world championships

gold: 2 (83, 87)

122 hurdles victories in a row

in 1976, edwin moses was a 20-year-old engineering student at morehouse college, a school without a track and which he entered with an academic scholarship rather than an athletic scholarship. the montréal olympics was his first international competition. despite his inexperience, moses won the 400m hurdles by eight metres, the largest margin of victory in the event's history. he also broke the world record. moses missed the 1980 moscow games because of the u. s. boycott. however he returned to the olympics in 1984 and won a second gold medal. between september 1977 and june 1987, moses won 122 consecutive races including 107 finals in meets that took him to 22 different countries. in 1988, moses competed at the seoul olympics and earned a bronze medal at the age of 33. since his retirement from competition, moses has been active in the struggle against the use of performance-

  生日:1955年8月31日

  出生地:代顿,美国

  国籍: 美国

  项目: 田径

  参加奥运会时间:

  1976年加拿大蒙特利尔夏季奥运会

  1984年美国洛杉矶夏季奥运会

  1988年韩国汉城夏季奥运会

  奥运成绩:

  金牌 2枚

  银牌 1枚

  其他成绩:

  世界锦标赛

  金牌2 枚 1983年 1987年

  122场跨栏比赛连胜

  爱德温•摩西于1955年出生於美国俄亥俄洲,身高1米86,体重80公斤。他父亲是一所小学的校长,母亲是一位体育老师。这使他从小受到了良好家庭教育,加上他的聪明好学,他的学习成绩一直就非常优异,中学时获全美学生优秀奖。1973年,他以优异的成绩获得学术奖学金,考入亚特兰大莫尔豪斯学院攻读物理学。1976年3月,仅经过6个星期正规跨栏训练的摩西就获取了参加美国奥运选拔赛的资格。1976年摩西在加拿大蒙特利尔第一次参加夏季奥运会比赛,尽管没有太多国际比赛经验,摩西仍然打破400米栏的世界纪录,并获得这个项目的金牌。因为美国的抵制,摩西也没有参加在莫斯科举办的1980年奥运会。在1984年,摩西在洛杉矶获得个人第二枚奥运金牌。从1977年9月到1987年6月,摩西在国际比赛中连胜122场。在1988年汉城奥运会上,33岁的摩西仍然获得一枚铜牌。退役后,摩西成为一名工程师,但他仍然热心公益事业。并成为国际奥委会运动员委员会委员。