Moe Thu Aung Explained
Moe Thu Aung |
Fullname: | Moe Thu Aung |
Strokes: | Freestyle, butterfly |
Club: | MLC Marlins (AUS) |
Coach: | John Bladon (AUS) |
Birth Date: | 10 June 1981 |
Birth Place: | Yangon, Myanmar |
Height: | 1.710NaN0 |
Weight: | 530NaN0 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Moe Thu Aung (born 10 June 1981) is a Burmese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events.[1] Aung represented Myanmar at the 2000 Summer Olympics, received a total of ten medals (one gold, six silver, and three bronze) from all editions of the Southeast Asian Games since 2001, and later became a top 8 finalist in a sprint freestyle double at the 2002 Asian Games. During her sporting career, she swam and trained for the MLC School's swimming club, also known as MLC Marlins, under an Australian-based coach John Bladon.[2]
Aung competed only in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[3] She received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, without meeting an entry time.[4] She participated in heat one against two other swimmers, 12-year-old Fatema Hameed Gerashi of Bahrain and Paula Barila Bolopa of Equatorial Guinea. Aung pulled away from a small field to an unexpected triumph in a new Burmese record of 26.80, finishing farther ahead of Gerashi, who was later disqualified from the race for a no false-start rule attempt, and Bolopa, who posted the event's slowest time in Olympic history (1:03.97).[5] [6] Aung's surprising reward was not enough to put her through to the semifinals, as she placed thirty-ninth overall out of 74 swimmers in the prelims.[7] [8]
At the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Aung edged out Singapore's top favorite Joscelin Yeo by seven hundredths of a second (0.07) to capture the 50 m freestyle title in 26.34, adding it to two other silver medals from her hardware in the 100 m freestyle (57.61) and in the 100 m butterfly (1:01.76).[9] [10]
At the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, Aung failed to medal in any of her individual events, finishing seventh each in the 50 m freestyle (26.72) and in the 100 m freestyle (58.01).[11] [12]
Notes and References
- Moe Thu Aung. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123601/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/moe-thu-aung-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 15 June 2013.
- News: Marlins' Head Coach John Bladon appointed Head Coach of the Union of Myanmar swimming team. MLC School. October 2003. 15 June 2013.
- News: Myanmar's Olympic hope: women. News24. 29 August 2000. 24 June 2013.
- Web site: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 14 June 2013.
- News: Johnson. Martin. Swimming: Next to Paula Eric the Eel is electric. The Daily Telegraph. 23 September 2000. 15 June 2013.
- News: Arab women make breakthrough at Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20010502151326/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2000/09/23/anderson_arab_women/. dead. 2 May 2001. Sports Illustrated. CNN. 23 September 2000. 15 June 2013.
- Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 1 . . . . 164 . 14 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
- Web site: Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 50m Freestyle). https://archive.today/20130615050120/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep22.html. usurped. 15 June 2013. Canoe.ca. 14 June 2013.
- News: Malaysian, Filipino win big. https://archive.today/20130616025104/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/2001/09/13/sea_games_ap/. dead. 16 June 2013. Sports Illustrated. CNN. 13 September 2001. 15 June 2013.
- News: Indonesia suffers medals drought. The Jakarta Post. Jakarta. 14 September 2001. 15 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203809/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2001/09/14/indonesia-suffers-medals-drought.html. 4 March 2016.
- News: China and Japan Share the Gold on Day 5 of Asian Games; China's Wu and Xu Shine . . 4 October 2002 . 15 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131228201941/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4188.asp . 28 December 2013 .
- News: Japan's Kitajima Breaks Barrowman's 200m Breaststroke World Record; Cracks 2:10 Barrier . . 2 October 2002 . 15 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213175321/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4185.asp . 13 February 2012 .