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| Full name | Moss James Burmester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1981-06-19)19 June 1981 (age 43) Hastings, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Moss James Burmester (born 19 June 1981) is a New Zealandswimmer and diver. His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the2008 Summer Olympics.
Burmester was born inHastings, New Zealand. He grew up inTauranga and received his education atOtumoetai College.[2] His career highlights in the 200m butterfly are 4th at the 2008 Olympics and gold medallist at the2006 Commonwealth Games inMelbourne where he set a Commonwealth Games record of 1:56.64.
He was the bronze medallist in the 100m butterfly at the 2006 Commonwealth Games with a time of 52.73 and set aNew Zealand record of 52.37 when qualifying for New Zealand's 2008 Olympic team.
After he retired from swimming, he became an unassisted diver.
In the 200m butterfly final, Burmester led for the first 50m, slipped to second behindMichael Phelps for the middle 100m and finished 4th equal, setting a Commonwealth record of 1:54.35.[3]
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