Moe Thu Aung

Burmese swimmer

In this Burmese name, the given name is  Moe Thu Aung. There is no family name.

Moe Thu Aung

Personal information

Full name| Moe Thu Aung
National team|  Myanmar
Born|  (1981-06-10) 10 June 1981 (age 43)
Yangon, Myanmar
Height| 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight| 53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Freestyle, butterfly
Club| MLC Marlins (AUS)
Coach| John Bladon (AUS)

Medal record

Women's swimming
Representing Myanmar
Southeast Asian Games
|  2001 Kuala Lumpur | 50 m freestyle
|  2001 Kuala Lumpur | 100 m freestyle
|  2001 Kuala Lumpur | 100 m butterfly
|  2003 Hanoi | 50 m freestyle
|  2003 Hanoi | 100 m freestyle
|  2003 Hanoi | 100 m butterfly
|  2005 Manila | 100 m butterfly
|  2005 Manila | 50 m freestyle
|  2005 Manila | 100 m freestyle
|  2005 Manila | 200 m freestyle

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]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Moe Thu Aung". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
2. ^ "Marlins' Head Coach John Bladon appointed Head Coach of the Union of Myanmar swimming team". MLC School. October 2003. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
3. ^ "Myanmar's Olympic hope: women". News24. 29 August 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
4. ^ "Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
5. ^ Johnson, Martin (23 September 2000). "Swimming: Next to Paula Eric the Eel is electric". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
6. ^ "Arab women make breakthrough at Games". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
7. ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 164\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
8. ^ "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
9. ^ "Malaysian, Filipino win big". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 13 September 2001. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
10. ^ "Indonesia suffers medals drought". Jakarta: The Jakarta Post. 14 September 2001. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
11. ^ "China and Japan Share the Gold on Day 5 of Asian Games; China's Wu and Xu Shine". Swimming World Magazine. 4 October 2002. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
12. ^ "Japan's Kitajima Breaks Barrowman's 200m Breaststroke World Record; Cracks 2:10 Barrier". Swimming World Magazine. 2 October 2002. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2013.

## External links[edit]

* Moe Thu Aung at Olympedia

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