Nelson Jesús Mora Molina (Born February 6, 1976) in Caracas, Venezuela,
is a former Butterfly Swimmer from Venezuela who won the 200m Butterfly at the
1995 Pan American Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Mora is the first Venezuelan to win a Pan American gold medal in Swimming. Mora represented his native country in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Nelson Jesús Mora Molina |
| Nationality |  Venezuela |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly |
| College team | University of Miami (USA) (1996-'98) and Florida State University (USA) (1999-'00) |
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| Men's swimming | ||
| Representing Venezuela
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| Pan American Games | ||
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1995 Mar de Plata | 200 meters Butterfly |
He attended the University of Miami from 1996-1998, where he swam for the Miami Hurricanes Swimming & Diving Team..."named honorable mention All-America with 12th place finish in the 200-yard butterfly (1:47.50) at the 1997 NCAA Championships...recorded UM's top times last year in the 100-yard butterfly (49.87) and the 200-yard butterfly (1:47.28)...captured victory in the 200-yard butterfly at the 1997 BIG EAST Championships while setting a championships record (1:47.63) and earning All-Conference honors...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 relay and third-place 400-yard relay teams...recipient of the 1997 IBIS award and member of the 1996-97 BIG EAST Academic All-Stars" [1]
In 1999, he transferred to Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, where he swam for the Florida State Seminoles Swimming & Diving Team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition in 1999, named Honorable Mention All-America with 16th place finish in the 800-yard Free Relay[2].