Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses was born on the 31 of August 1955. Edwin Moses
was a American track and field athlete, who won gold medals in
the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 olympics and the 1984 olympics.
Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals
and set the world record in his event four times. In addition to
his running, Moses was also an innovative reformer in the areas
of Olympic eligibility and drug testing. In 2000, he was elected
the first Chairman of the Laureus world sport academy, to an
international service organisation of world-class athletes.As a
sports administrator, Moses participated in the development
of a number of anti-drug policies and helped the track and
field community develop one of sports' most stringent random
in-competition drug testing systems. In December 1988 he
designed and created amateur sports' first random out of
competition drug testing program.Moses has one son Julian
born in August 29, 1995 in southern California.After breaking
his own world record the following year, Moses lost to west
Germany's Harald Schmid on 26 August 1977 in Berlin, his
fourth defeat in the 400 m hurdles. Beginning the next week,
when he beat Schmid by 15 meters in Düsseldorf, Moses did
not lose another race for nine years, nine months and nine days.
In 1979 Moses took a leave of absence from his job with general
dynamics to devote himself to running full-time. In the next two
years, he was instrumental in reforming international and Olympic
eligibility rules. At his urging, an athletes trust program was
established to allow athletes to benefit from government or
privately-supplied stipends, direct payments, and commercial
endorsement money without jeopardizing their Olympic eligibility.
Moses presented the plan to Juan Antonio Samaranch, President
of the international olympic committee, and the concept was ratified
in 1981. This fund is the basis of many Olympic athlete subsistence, stipend and corporate support programs, including the United States
olympic committee's direct athlete assistance programs.
was a American track and field athlete, who won gold medals in
the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 olympics and the 1984 olympics.
Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals
and set the world record in his event four times. In addition to
his running, Moses was also an innovative reformer in the areas
of Olympic eligibility and drug testing. In 2000, he was elected
the first Chairman of the Laureus world sport academy, to an
international service organisation of world-class athletes.As a
sports administrator, Moses participated in the development
of a number of anti-drug policies and helped the track and
field community develop one of sports' most stringent random
in-competition drug testing systems. In December 1988 he
designed and created amateur sports' first random out of
competition drug testing program.Moses has one son Julian
born in August 29, 1995 in southern California.After breaking
his own world record the following year, Moses lost to west
Germany's Harald Schmid on 26 August 1977 in Berlin, his
fourth defeat in the 400 m hurdles. Beginning the next week,
when he beat Schmid by 15 meters in Düsseldorf, Moses did
not lose another race for nine years, nine months and nine days.
In 1979 Moses took a leave of absence from his job with general
dynamics to devote himself to running full-time. In the next two
years, he was instrumental in reforming international and Olympic
eligibility rules. At his urging, an athletes trust program was
established to allow athletes to benefit from government or
privately-supplied stipends, direct payments, and commercial
endorsement money without jeopardizing their Olympic eligibility.
Moses presented the plan to Juan Antonio Samaranch, President
of the international olympic committee, and the concept was ratified
in 1981. This fund is the basis of many Olympic athlete subsistence, stipend and corporate support programs, including the United States
olympic committee's direct athlete assistance programs.