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American swimmer (born 1964)
Pedro Pablo Morales Jr. (born December 5, 1964) is an American former competitive
swimmer . He set
world records in the 100-meter
butterfly in 1984 and 1986. He was the 100-meter butterfly gold medalist at the
1992 Olympic Games , as well as winning 4 × 100 meter medley relay gold medals at both the
1984 and 1992 Olympic Games. He also won 100-meter butterfly and 4 × 100 meter medley relay gold medals at the
1986 World Championships .
Biography
Morales attended
Bellarmine College Preparatory , in
San Jose, California , and trained under the supervision of Larry Rogers.
Morales won a relay gold and two silver medals swimming butterfly at the 1984 Olympics in
Los Angeles and set the world record in the 100-meter butterfly at the US Olympic Trials that year with a time of 53.38 seconds, breaking the former record of American Olympic teammate
Matt Gribble , who finished second. At the trials, Morales also set relay records with teammates
Rick Carey ,
Steve Lundquist and
Rowdy Gaines . After losing the 100-meter butterfly world record to German swimmer
Michael Gross in 1984, he regained it in 1986 with a swim of 52.84 seconds. This record stood until 1995.
In 1988, on the heels of a record 11th
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) individual championship at
Stanford University , Morales surprisingly failed to qualify for the
1988 Olympics .
After briefly retiring from the sport to pursue a
JD degree at
Cornell Law School in
Ithaca, New York , Morales returned to swimming and qualified for the 1992 Olympics in
Barcelona , where he was the US team captain and captured gold in the 100-meter butterfly.
Coaching career
Morales is currently the head women's swimming and diving coach at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln .
See also
External links
Men's Team Women's Team Coaches
Qualification Men's Team Women's Team Coaches
1960 :
Frank McKinney ,
Paul Hait ,
Lance Larson ,
Jeff Farrell (
USA )
1964 :
Thompson Mann ,
Bill Craig ,
Fred Schmidt ,
Steve Clark (
USA )
1968 :
Charlie Hickcox ,
Don McKenzie ,
Doug Russell ,
Ken Walsh (
USA )
1972 :
Mike Stamm ,
Tom Bruce ,
Mark Spitz ,
Jerry Heidenreich (
USA )
1976 :
John Naber ,
John Hencken ,
Matt Vogel ,
Jim Montgomery (
USA )
1980 :
Mark Kerry ,
Peter Evans ,
Mark Tonelli ,
Neil Brooks (
AUS )
1984 :
Rick Carey ,
Steve Lundquist ,
Pablo Morales ,
Rowdy Gaines (
USA )
1988 :
David Berkoff ,
Richard Schroeder ,
Matt Biondi ,
Chris Jacobs (
USA )
1992 :
Jeff Rouse ,
Nelson Diebel ,
Pablo Morales ,
Jon Olsen ,
David Berkoff ,
Hans Dersch ,
Melvin Stewart ,
Matt Biondi (
USA )
1996 :
Jeff Rouse ,
Jeremy Linn ,
Mark Henderson ,
Gary Hall Jr. ,
Josh Davis ,
Kurt Grote ,
John Hargis ,
Tripp Schwenk (
USA )
2000 :
Lenny Krayzelburg ,
Ed Moses ,
Ian Crocker ,
Gary Hall Jr. ,
Neil Walker ,
Tommy Hannan ,
Jason Lezak (
USA )
2004 :
Aaron Peirsol ,
Brendan Hansen ,
Ian Crocker ,
Jason Lezak ,
Lenny Krayzelburg ,
Mark Gangloff ,
Michael Phelps ,
Neil Walker (
USA )
2008 :
Aaron Peirsol ,
Brendan Hansen ,
Michael Phelps ,
Jason Lezak ,
Matt Grevers ,
Mark Gangloff ,
Ian Crocker ,
Garrett Weber-Gale (
USA )
2012 :
Matt Grevers ,
Brendan Hansen ,
Michael Phelps ,
Nathan Adrian ,
Nick Thoman ,
Eric Shanteau ,
Tyler McGill ,
Cullen Jones (
USA )
2016 :
Ryan Murphy ,
Cody Miller ,
Michael Phelps ,
Nathan Adrian ,
David Plummer ,
Cordes ,
Shields ,
Dressel (
USA )
2020 :
Ryan Murphy ,
Michael Andrew ,
Caeleb Dressel ,
Zach Apple ,
Hunter Armstrong ,
Andrew Wilson ,
Tom Shields ,
Blake Pieroni (
USA )
1973 :
Mike Stamm ,
John Hencken ,
Joe Bottom ,
Jim Montgomery (USA)
1975 :
John Murphy ,
Rick Colella ,
Gregory Jagenburg ,
Andy Coan (USA)
1978 :
Bob Jackson ,
Nicholas Nevid ,
Joe Bottom ,
David McCagg (USA)
1982 :
Rick Carey ,
Steve Lundquist ,
Matt Gribble ,
Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1986 :
Dan Veatch ,
David Lundberg ,
Pablo Morales ,
Matt Biondi (USA)
1991 :
Jeff Rouse ,
Eric Wunderlich ,
Mark Henderson ,
Matt Biondi (USA)
1994 :
Jeff Rouse ,
Eric Wunderlich ,
Mark Henderson ,
Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
1998 :
Matt Welsh ,
Phil Rogers ,
Michael Klim ,
Chris Fydler (AUS)
2001 :
Matt Welsh ,
Regan Harrison ,
Geoff Huegill ,
Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2003 :
Aaron Peirsol ,
Brendan Hansen ,
Ian Crocker ,
Jason Lezak (USA)
2005 :
Aaron Peirsol ,
Brendan Hansen ,
Ian Crocker ,
Jason Lezak (USA)
2007 :
Matt Welsh ,
Brenton Rickard ,
Andrew Lauterstein ,
Eamon Sullivan (AUS)
2009 :
Aaron Peirsol ,
Eric Shanteau ,
Michael Phelps ,
David Walters (USA)
2011 :
Nick Thoman ,
Mark Gangloff ,
Michael Phelps ,
Nathan Adrian (USA)
2013 :
Camille Lacourt ,
Giacomo Perez-Dortona ,
Jérémy Stravius ,
Fabien Gilot (FRA)
2015 :
Ryan Murphy ,
Kevin Cordes ,
Tom Shields ,
Nathan Adrian (USA)
2017 :
Matt Grevers ,
Kevin Cordes ,
Caeleb Dressel ,
Nathan Adrian (USA)
2019 :
Luke Greenbank ,
Adam Peaty ,
James Guy ,
Duncan Scott (GBR)
2022 :
Thomas Ceccon ,
Nicolò Martinenghi ,
Federico Burdisso ,
Alessandro Miressi (ITA)
2023 :
Ryan Murphy ,
Nic Fink ,
Dare Rose ,
Jack Alexy (USA)
2024 :
Hunter Armstrong ,
Nic Fink ,
Zach Harting ,
Matt King (USA)
1985:
USA (
Carey ,
Moffet ,
Morales ,
Biondi )
1987:
USA (
Veatch ,
Schroeder ,
Morales ,
Biondi )
1989:
USA (
Rouse ,
Korhammer ,
Morales ,
Biondi )
1991:
USA (
Rouse ,
Barrowman ,
Henderson ,
Biondi )
1993:
USA (
Rouse ,
Van Neerden ,
Henderson ,
Olsen )
1995:
USA (
Rouse ,
Wunderlich ,
Henderson ,
Hall )
1997:
USA (
Krayzelburg ,
Grote ,
Dusing ,
Walker )
1999:
USA (
Krayzelburg ,
Grote ,
Wales ,
Walker )
2002:
USA (
Peirsol ,
Hansen ,
Phelps ,
Lezak )
2006:
USA (
Peirsol ,
Hansen ,
Crocker ,
Lezak )
2010:
USA (
Peirsol ,
Gangloff ,
Phelps ,
Adrian )
2014:
USA (
Grevers ,
Cordes ,
Phelps ,
Adrian )
2018:
USA (
Murphy ,
Wilson ,
Dressel ,
Adrian )