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'''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=Archived copy |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">http://nolefan.org/summary/msw1999.html</ref>
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== 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
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