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{{Short description|New Zealand swimmer and diver}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox swimmer|
| name           = Moss Burmester
| honorific_suffix = [[OLY]]
| image          = Moss Burmester 2007 (cropped).jpg
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| caption        = Burmester in 2007
| fullname       = Moss James Burmester
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| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1981|06|19|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Hastings, New Zealand|Hastings]], New Zealand
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Championships - Short Course|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 FINA Short Course World Championships|2008 Manchester]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2006 FINA Short Course World Championships|2006 Shanghai]]|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule+and+Results/By+Sport/Aquatics%20Swimming |title=Swimming Schedule and Results |access-date=2007-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811124308/http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule+and+Results/By+Sport/Aquatics+Swimming |archive-date=11 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>|[[Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]]|[[Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|100 m butterfly]]}}
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'''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]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dunham |first1=David |title=TOP STORY: Moss is our pick for 2006 |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=10949594 |access-date=4 November 2016 |work=[[Bay of Plenty Times]] |date=28 December 2006}}</ref> 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 [[Swimming records in New Zealand|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.

==Career highlights==

===2008 Olympics===
In the 200m butterfly final, Burmester led for the first 50m, slipped to second behind [[Michael Phelps]] for the middle 100m and finished 4th equal, setting a Commonwealth record of 1:54.35.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10526889">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/event/story.cfm?c_id=502&objectid=10526889 |title=Blazing Burmester sparks up NZ Games team |author=Norquay, Kevin |date=13 August 2008 |agency=[[NZPA]] |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=26 October 2011}}</ref>

===2006 Commonwealth Games===
*1st: 200 m [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]] (1:56.64 – Games record)<ref>[http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule%20and%20Results/By%20Sport/Aquatics%20Swimming/Thu%2016%20Mar/Results/Result%20-%20SW002210000001?ScheduleItemID=29693 Men's 200m Butterfly Final – Result], Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.</ref>
*3rd: 100 m [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]] (52.73)<ref>[http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule%20and%20Results/By%20Sport/Aquatics%20Swimming/Mon%2020%20Mar/Results/Result%20-%20SW002110000001?ScheduleItemID=29771 Men's 100m Butterfly Final – Result], Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.</ref>

===2004 Olympic Games===
*28th 400 m [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] (3:57.29)
*28th 1500 m [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] (15:56.42)
*12th: 200 m [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]] (1:58.09)

===2002 Commonwealth Games===
*18th: 100 m [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] (53.21)
*16th: 50 m [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]] (25.50)
*9th: 100 m [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]] (54.96)
*4th: 200 m [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]] (1:59.94)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecgf.com/games/tally_cat_results.asp |title=2002 Commonwealth Games – Medals Tally by Sport |access-date=13 August 2008 }}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Commonwealth Games records in swimming]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mossburmester.co.nz/ Moss Burmester's official website] 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080720043046/http://www.sparc.org.nz/elite-sport/athlete-profiles/moss-burmester Moss Burmester], SPARC (Sport & Recreation New Zealand)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927185616/http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=4065 Moss takes first gold medal]
* {{FINA|1016254}}
* {{Swimrankings}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|moss-burmester}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{NZOC profile}}
* {{CGF profile}}

{{Footer World SC Champions 200m Butterfly Men}}
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{{2002 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{2004 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{2006 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{2008 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{2010 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}

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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:New Zealand male butterfly swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for New Zealand]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Hastings, New Zealand]]
[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
[[Category:People educated at Otumoetai College]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen]]