Moss Burmester, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Moss Burmester

Olympic Swimmer

Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1981

Place of Birth: Hastings, Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Moss James Burmester (born 19 June 1981) is a New Zealand swimmer and diver.
His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Burmester was born in Hastings, New Zealand.
He grew up in Tauranga and received his education at Otumoetai College.
His career highlights in the 200m butterfly are 4th at the 2008 Olympics and gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where he set a Commonwealth Games record of 1:56.64. He was the bronze medallist in the 100m butterfly at the 2006 Commonwealth Games with a time of 52.73 and set a New Zealand record of 52.37 when qualifying for New Zealand's 2008 Olympic team. After he retired from swimming, he became an unassisted diver.