Pablo Morales facts for kids
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| Born | December 5, 1964 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pedro Pablo Morales Jr. (born December 5, 1964) is an amazing American former competitive swimmer. He set world records in the 100-meter butterfly swim in 1984 and 1986. Pablo won a gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the 1992 Olympic Games. He also won gold medals in the 4 × 100 meter medley relay at both the 1984 and 1992 Olympic Games. In 1986, he won gold medals in the 100-meter butterfly and the 4 × 100 meter medley relay at the World Championships.
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Pablo Morales: A Swimming Star
Pablo Morales went to Bellarmine College Preparatory school. This school is in San Jose, California. He trained there with his coach, Larry Rogers.
Olympic Dreams and World Records
In 1984, Pablo competed in the Olympics in Los Angeles. He won a gold medal with his team in a relay race. He also earned two silver medals for his butterfly swims. That same year, he set a new world record in the 100-meter butterfly. His time was 53.38 seconds. He broke the record held by his teammate, Matt Gribble.
Pablo also set relay records with his teammates Rick Carey, Steve Lundquist, and Rowdy Gaines. Later in 1984, a German swimmer named Michael Gross broke Pablo's 100-meter butterfly world record. But Pablo worked hard and got his record back in 1986! He swam the 100-meter butterfly in 52.84 seconds. This record stood for many years, until 1995.
A Comeback Story
In 1988, Pablo was a very successful swimmer at Stanford University. He had won 11 individual championships. But, he surprisingly did not qualify for the 1988 Olympics.
After this, Pablo decided to take a break from swimming. He went to Cornell Law School in Ithaca, New York, to study law. But he missed swimming! So, he decided to return to the sport. He trained hard and qualified for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. At these Games, he was the captain of the U.S. team. He proudly won another gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly.
Coaching Career
Today, Pablo Morales is still involved in swimming. He is the head coach for the women's swimming and diving team. He coaches at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
See also
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of notable Cuban-Americans
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of Stanford University people
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 100 metres butterfly
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
