Photo: Andy Miah from Liverpool, UK / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Edwin Moses is one of those rare athletes whose statistics feel almost fictional: 107 straight finals won, 122 consecutive races, the world record broken four times. Yet what genuinely moves me is that he refused to let greatness end at the finish line. His work reforming Olympic eligibility and pioneering modern drug testing tells me he cared about the integrity of sport itself, not just his own legacy. That combination of total dominance and moral seriousness is incredibly rare. To me, Moses is less the man of records than the man of standards, someone who left his discipline cleaner and fairer than he found it.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Edwin Moses
- Name (Japanese)
- エドウィン・モーゼス
- Reading
- えどうぃん・もーぜす
- Born
- August 31, 1955 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Goat
- Origin
- Dayton, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 186 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- athletics competitor / bobsledder
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Morehouse College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Edwin Moses born?
Born August 31, 1955 (age 70).
Where is Edwin Moses from?
Edwin Moses is from Dayton, Ohio, United States.
What does Edwin Moses do?
Edwin Moses works as athletics competitor, bobsledder.
How tall is Edwin Moses?
Edwin Moses is 186 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-23
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.