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Athlete Bio#
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Age
69
Hometown
Dayton, OH
Education
Fairview High School (Dayton, Ohio) Morehouse College; Pepperdine University
Quick Facts
- Son of Irving and Gladys Moses
- Attended Fairview High School in Dayton, Ohio, where he participated in basketball, football, gymnastics and track
- Earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from Morehouse College
- Set world records in the 400-meter hurdles in 1980 and 1983
- Joined the Athletic Congress in 1983 to help curb the spread of performance-enhancing drugs in sport
- Held a winning streak of 122 events during the prime of his athletic career
- Was a competitive bobsledder following his track and field career, winning a world cup bronze medal in 1990 and finishing seventh at the 1991 world championships
- Inducted into the U.S. Track and Field Hall of Fame
- Earned a master’s degree in business administration from Pepperdine University
- Served as chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy
- Father to one child, Julian.
Olympic Experience
- 3-time Olympian; 3-time Olympic medalist (2 gold, 1 bronze)
- Olympic Games Seoul 1988, bronze (400m Hurdles - Men)
- Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984, gold (400m Hurdles - Men)
- Olympic Games Montreal 1976, gold (400m Hurdles - Men)
Hall Of Fame Bio #
Edwin Moses dominated the intermediate hurdles during his athletic career, recording 107 consecutive victories in the 400-meter hurdles finals, going undefeated for 10 years and setting the world record in the event four times. Moses earned Olympic gold medals at the Olympic Games Montreal 1976 and the Los Angeles 1984 Games, along with the bronze medal at the Seoul 1988 Games. Moses was known for both academic and athletics, earning a bachelor of science degree in physics and a master’s degree in business administration. The Dayton, Ohio, native also worked as a sports administrator and became heavily involved in the Olympic Movement, immersing himself in the development of policies against the use of performance-enhancing drugs. As a result of his efforts towards fair play and drug control in sport, Moses was nominated to join the International Olympic Committee Medical Commission and also served as chairman of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. He was later elected as the president of the International Amateur Athletic Association and was voted Sports Illustrated’s co-Sportsman of the Year with Mary Lou Retton.
