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Line 1: {{short description\|Venezuelan swimmer}} {{Infobox swimmer \| name = Nelson Mora Line 11 ⟶ 12: \| strokes = [[Butterfly stroke\|Butterfly]] \| collegeteam = [[Miami Hurricanes\|University of Miami]] (U.S.) <small>(1996-98)</small><br>[[Florida State Seminoles\|Florida State University]] (U.S.) <small>(1999-00)</small> \| birth_date = ~~{{Birth date and age\|1976\|2\|6\|mf=y}}~~ \| birth_place = [[Caracas\|Caracas, Venezuela]] \| death_date = Line 24 ⟶ 25: }} '''Nelson Jesús Mora Molina''' ~~(born February 6, 1976)~~ is a former [[Butterfly stroke\|butterfly]] [[swimming (sport)\|swimmer]] from [[Venezuela]] who won the 200-metre butterfly at the [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games\|1995 Pan American Games]] in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Mora is the first Venezuelan to win a Pan American Games gold medal in swimming. Mora represented his native country in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]. He attended the [[University of Miami]] in Coral Gables, Florida, from 1996 to 1998, where he swam for the [[Miami Hurricanes]] swimming and diving team. He was named an honorable mention All-American with 12th-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly (1:47.50) at the 1997 [[NCAA]] Championships. He also won the 200-yard butterfly at the 1997 Big East Conference Championships while setting a championships record (1:47.63) and earning All-Conference honors. He placed fourth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:29.13), eighth in the 100-yard butterfly (50.14,and was a member of second-place 800-yard freestyle relay and third-place 400-yard freestyle relay teams> Mora received the 1997 IBIS award and was recognized as a 1996-97 Big East Academic All-Star.<ref name="Hurricanesports website">{{Cite web \|url=http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/mora_nelson00.html \|title=Player Bio: Nelson Mora - HurricaneSports.com - the University of Miami Official Athletic Site \|access-date=2006-12-19 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309095720/http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/mora_nelson00.html \|archive-date=2012-03-09 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1999, he transferred to [[Florida State University]] in Tallahassee, Florida, where he swam for the [[Florida State Seminoles]] swimming and diving team in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) competition in 1999, and was gain named an honorable mention All-America with the Seminoles' 16th-place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay.<ref name="Seminoles">{{Cite web\|url=http://nolefan.org/summary/msw1999.html\|title=1998-99 Men's Swimming & Diving - Year in Review}}</ref> == References == Line 35 ⟶ 36: == External links == https://web.archive.org/web/20120309095720/http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/mora_nelson00.html http://nolefan.org/summary/msw1999.html Line 42 ⟶ 43: {{DEFAULTSORT:Mora, Nelson}} [[Category:~~1976~~Sportspeople ~~births~~from Caracas]] ~~[[Category:People from Caracas]]~~ [[Category:Male butterfly swimmers]] [[Category:Florida State Seminoles men's swimmers]] [[Category:Miami Hurricanes men's swimmers]] [[Category:Venezuelan expatriate swimmers in the United States]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Olympic swimmers offor Venezuela]] [[Category:Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games]] [[Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]] Line 55 ⟶ 56: [[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela]] [[Category:Pan American Games medalists in swimming]] [[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela]] [[Category:Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games]] [[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming]] [[Category:Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:20th-century Venezuelan people]] [[Category:21st-century Venezuelan people]]