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{{short description|New Zealand swimmer}}
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| name = Anthony Mosse
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE|size=100%}}
| image = Anthony Mosse (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Mosse in 2017
| fullname = Anthony Robin Le Clerc Mosse
| country = New Zealand
| sport = [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]
| event = [[butterfly swimming|Butterfly]] 
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| collegeteam = [[Stanford University]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|10|29}}
| birth_place = [[Hong Kong]]
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| nationality = New Zealander
| height = {{height|m=1.84|precision=0}}
| weight = {{convert|77|kg|lb}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry |  {{NZL}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1986 World Aquatics Championships|1986 Madrid]] | 200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1985 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1985 Tokyo]] | 200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1989 Tokyo]] | 200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]]|[[Aquatics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990 Auckland]]|[[Aquatics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]]|[[Aquatics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990 Auckland]]|[[Aquatics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games|4x200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1987 Summer Universiade|1987 Zagreb]] | [[Swimming at the 1987 Summer Universiade|200 m butterfly]]}} 
{{MedalSilver | [[1985 Summer Universiade|1985 Kobe]] | [[Swimming at the 1985 Summer Universiade|200 m butterfly]]}} 
{{MedalSilver | [[1987 Summer Universiade|1987 Zagreb]] | [[Swimming at the 1987 Summer Universiade|100 m butterfly]]}} 
{{MedalBronze | [[1983 Summer Universiade|1983 Edmonton]] | [[Swimming at the 1983 Summer Universiade|200 m butterfly]]}} 
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'''Anthony Robin Le Clerc Mosse''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE|size=85%}} (born 29 October 1964 in [[Hong Kong]]) is a former New Zealand [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who competed at two [[Summer Olympic Games]] and three [[Commonwealth Games]].  He won one Olympic bronze medal, as well as two gold medals, one silver and one bronze at the Commonwealth Games.

==Biography==
Mosse was the standard bearer for New Zealand competitive [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] through the 1980s. He swam at his first [[Commonwealth Games]], in [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]] in 1982, when he was 17. At the [[Swimming at the 1983 Summer Universiade|1983 Summer Universiade]] in [[Edmonton]], Mosse won a bronze medal in the 200-metre butterfly. He also finished 5th in the 100-metre butterfly.<ref name="ISHOF">{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf |title=Medalists |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010202854/http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/38a778c6-4b47-40c1-ac82-09194af8b16e/83_wugs%5B1%5D.pdf |title=Results of the 1983 Universiade |work=USA Swimming |date=7 July 1983 |access-date=27 March 2014 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213044/http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/38a778c6-4b47-40c1-ac82-09194af8b16e/83_wugs%5B1%5D.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] [[1984 Summer Olympics|Olympics]], he made the final in his two butterfly events.<ref name="SR">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/anthony-mosse-1.html |title=Anthony Mosse |access-date=26 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164001/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/anthony-mosse-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

At the [[Swimming at the 1985 Summer Universiade|1985 Summer Universiade]] in [[Kobe]], Mosse won a silver medal in the 200-metre butterfly. He also finished 5th in the 100-metre butterfly<ref name="ISHOF" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/fffbfbcb-bfc5-4614-8296-ea6c22b9b08a/85_wugs%5B1%5D.pdf |title=Results of the 1985 Universiade |work=USA Swimming |date=30 August 1985 |access-date=26 March 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200040/http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/fffbfbcb-bfc5-4614-8296-ea6c22b9b08a/85_wugs%5B1%5D.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the [[1986 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]], he won gold and silver and in the same year was second in the 200m butterfly final at the World Championships.<ref name="ISHOF" /> At the [[Swimming at the 1987 Summer Universiade|1987 Summer Universiade]] in [[Zagreb]], Mosse won a gold medal in the 200-metre butterfly, and a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly.<ref name="ISHOF" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/9edd458f-efb6-4b70-9a24-902bf445a529/87_wugs%5B1%5D.pdf |title=Results of the 1987 Universiade |work=USA Swimming |date=14 July 1987 |access-date=26 March 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201502/http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/9edd458f-efb6-4b70-9a24-902bf445a529/87_wugs%5B1%5D.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Mosse developed his career in the [[United States]] but continued to swim for New Zealand, gaining a bronze medal at the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympics]] in [[Seoul]], [[Korea]].<ref name="SR" /> He rounded out his career when he won the 200m butterfly at the [[1990 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Auckland]].

Mosse gained a BA (Hons) from [[Stanford University]] in 1989 and later completed an MBA at the same university. He and his American wife have two children. He is now a merchant banker in [[San Francisco]], but continues to be involved in swimming and is a regular commentator for [[TVNZ]] (including Beijing, 2008).

In the [[1989 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|1989 Queen's Birthday Honours]], Mosse was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]], for services to swimming.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51774 |date=17 June 1989 |page=32 |supp=3}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{World Aquatics|1074664}}
* {{New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame}}
* {{New Zealand Olympic Committee}}
* {{Olympics.com profile}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Commonwealth Games Federation}}

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