Anthony Mosse

MBE

Mosse in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Robin Le Clerc Mosse
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	(1964-10-29) 29 October 1964 (age 59) Hong Kong
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Swimming
Event	Butterfly
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Men’s swimming Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 200 m butterfly World Championships (LC) 1986 Madrid 200 m butterfly Pan Pacific Championships 1985 Tokyo 200 m butterfly 1989 Tokyo 200 m butterfly Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh 200 m butterfly 1990 Auckland 200 m butterfly 1986 Edinburgh 100 m butterfly 1990 Auckland 4x200 m freestyle Summer Universiade 1987 Zagreb 200 m butterfly 1985 Kobe 200 m butterfly 1987 Zagreb 100 m butterfly 1983 Edmonton 200 m butterfly

Anthony Robin Le Clerc Mosse MBE (born 29 October 1964 in Hong Kong) is a former New Zealand swimmer who competed at two Summer Olympic Games and three Commonwealth Games. He won one Olympic bronze medal, as well as two gold medals, one silver and one bronze at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Mosse was the standard bearer for New Zealand competitive swimming through the 1980s. He swam at his first Commonwealth Games, in Brisbane, Australia in 1982, when he was 17. At the 1983 Summer Universiade in Edmonton, Mosse won a bronze medal in the 200-metre butterfly. He also finished 5th in the 100-metre butterfly.^[1][2] At the Los Angeles Olympics, he made the final in his two butterfly events.^[3]

At the 1985 Summer Universiade in Kobe, Mosse won a silver medal in the 200-metre butterfly. He also finished 5th in the 100-metre butterfly^[1][4] At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, he won gold and silver and in the same year was second in the 200m butterfly final at the World Championships.^[1] At the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb, Mosse won a gold medal in the 200-metre butterfly, and a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly.^[1][5] Mosse developed his career in the United States but continued to swim for New Zealand, gaining a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea.^[3] He rounded out his career when he won the 200m butterfly at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.

Mosse gained a BA (Hons) from Stanford University in 1989 and later completed an MBA at the same university. He and his American wife have two children. He is now a merchant banker in San Francisco, but continues to be involved in swimming and is a regular commentator for TVNZ (including Beijing, 2008).

In the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours, Mosse was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to swimming.^[6]