| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Magdalena Ruth Alex Moshi |
| National team | 
Tanzania |
| Born | 30 November 1990 |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Coach | Jill Doyle |
Magdalena Ruth Alex Moshi (born 30 November 1990) is a Tanzanian swimmer. [1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metre freestyle, finishing in 45th place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. She competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 50m freestyle event, [2] being ranked 67th of 91 competitors, with a time of 29.44s.[ citation needed]
She competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, in the 50 and 100 m freestyle. [3]
Personal life
Moshi moved to Adelaide in South Australia in 2010 to study Health Sciences at Adelaide University and was studying to complete a PhD in Medicine at the same time as preparing for the 2016 Olympic Games. [2] She hopes to return to Tanzania to work in physiology or public health. [4]
References
- ^ London2012.com Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Spencer, Sarah (5 July 2016). "Coach Jill Doyle instrumental in helping Magdalena Moshi reach the 2016 Olympics to swim for Tanzania". Leader Messenger. News Corp. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Magdalena Ruth Alex MOSHI Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Osborne, Ben (Summer 2013). "Magdalena's Olympic odyssey". Lumen. University of Adelaide. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
External links
- Magdalena Moshi at World Aquatics
- Magdalena Moshi at SwimRankings.net
- Magdalena Moshi at Olympics.com
- Magdalena Moshi at Olympedia
- Magdalena Moshi at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Magdalena Moshi at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Magdalena Moshi at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
 | This biographical article related to a Tanzanian swimmer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Tanzanian women
- Tanzanian entertainers
- Tanzanian female swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Tanzania
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Tanzanian female freestyle swimmers
- People from Kilimanjaro Region
- Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Tanzania
- African swimming biography stubs
- Tanzanian sportspeople stubs