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Edwin Corley Moses (born August 31, 1955) is an American former hurdler who won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the world record in the event four times.
Also returning was 1976 gold medalist Edwin Moses of the United States, who had not competed in 1980 due to the American-led boycott. Moses had not lost a 400 metres hurdles race since 26 August, 1977; he had won 89 consecutive finals since then, including the inaugural 1983 World Championship.
None of the Americans were particularly prominent; the United States team was led by Edwin Moses, a hurdler competing in his first international meet, though he would go on to become the preeminent athlete in the event. [2] Antigua and Barbuda, Bulgaria, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia each made their debut in the event.
Edwin Moses always loved the sport of track and field.But reaching the Olympics always seemed like a tall order.. At a young age, Moses was a lot smaller than the other runners. In high school, he ...
Edwin Corley Moses is an American former track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400 meter hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals ...
Not long after Edwin Moses figured out how to attack the solution to track's ultimate math problem, he transformed himself into the best hurdler in history. That, in turn, gave the engineer-turned-Olympic champion the platform to go after more difficult issues that, even today, more than 40 years later, nobody has totally untangled.
Edwin Moses talks about .02-second loss that ended 122-race streak. Every June 4, Edwin Moses calls hurdler Danny Harris to wish him a happy anniversary. It was on June 4, 1987 at the Estadio de ...
A documentary exploring how Edwin Moses blended science with athleticism to become the world's greatest hurdler in the 1980s, then parlayed his fame into a mission to fight for better pay and fair sports, will debut Sept. 21 at his alma mater at the Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival.