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| Full name | Moe Thu Aung | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Myanmar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1981-06-10)10 June 1981 (age 44) Yangon, Myanmar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle,butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | MLC Marlins (AUS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | John Bladon (AUS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Moe Thu Aung (born 10 June 1981) is a Burmese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events.[1] Aung representedMyanmar at the2000 Summer Olympics, received a total of ten medals (one gold, six silver, and three bronze) from all editions of theSoutheast Asian Games since 2001, and later became a top 8 finalist in a sprint freestyle double at the2002 Asian Games. During her sporting career, she swam and trained for theMLC School's swimming club, also known asMLC Marlins, under an Australian-based coach John Bladon.[2]
Aung competed only in thewomen's 50 m freestyle at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney.[3] She received a ticket fromFINA, under a Universality program, without meeting an entry time.[4] She participated in heat one against two other swimmers, 12-year-oldFatema Hameed Gerashi of Bahrain andPaula Barila Bolopa of Equatorial Guinea. Aung pulled away from a small field to an unexpected triumph in a new Burmese record of 26.80, finishing farther ahead of Gerashi, who was later disqualified from the race for a no false-start rule attempt, and Bolopa, who posted the event's slowest time in Olympic history (1:03.97).[5][6] Aung's surprising reward was not enough to put her through to the semifinals, as she placed thirty-ninth overall out of 74 swimmers in the prelims.[7][8]
At the2001 Southeast Asian Games inKuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Aung edged out Singapore's top favoriteJoscelin Yeo by seven hundredths of a second (0.07) to capture the 50 m freestyle title in 26.34, adding it to two other silver medals from her hardware in the 100 m freestyle (57.61) and in the 100 m butterfly (1:01.76).[9][10]
At the2002 Asian Games inBusan, South Korea, Aung failed to medal in any of her individual events, finishing seventh each in the50 m freestyle (26.72) and in the100 m freestyle (58.01).[11][12]
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