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{{short description|Venezuelan swimmer}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Nelson Mora
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| fullname       = Nelson Jesús Mora Molina
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| strokes        = [[Butterfly stroke|Butterfly]]
| collegeteam    = [[Miami Hurricanes|University of Miami]] (U.S.) <small>(1996-98)</small><br>[[Florida State Seminoles|Florida State University]] (U.S.) <small>(1999-00)</small>
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| birth_place    = [[Caracas|Caracas, Venezuela]]
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Venezuela}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar de Plata]] | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games - Men's 200 meters butterfly|200 meters Butterfly]]}}
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'''Nelson Jesús Mora Molina''' is a former [[Butterfly stroke|butterfly]] [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] from [[Venezuela]] who won the 200-metre butterfly at the [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games|1995 Pan American Games]] in Mar del Plata, Argentina.  Mora is the first Venezuelan to win a Pan American Games gold medal in swimming.  Mora represented his native country in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]].

He attended the [[University of Miami]] in Coral Gables, Florida, from 1996 to 1998, where he swam for the [[Miami Hurricanes]] swimming and diving team.  He was named an honorable mention All-American with 12th-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly (1:47.50) at the 1997 [[NCAA]] Championships.  He also won the 200-yard butterfly at the 1997 Big East Conference Championships while setting a championships record (1:47.63) and earning All-Conference honors.  He placed fourth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:29.13), eighth in the 100-yard butterfly (50.14,and was a member of second-place 800-yard freestyle relay and third-place 400-yard freestyle relay teams>  Mora received the 1997 IBIS award and was recognized as a 1996-97 Big East Academic All-Star.<ref name="Hurricanesports website">{{Cite web |url=http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/mora_nelson00.html |title=Player Bio: Nelson Mora - HurricaneSports.com - the University of Miami Official Athletic Site |access-date=2006-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309095720/http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/mora_nelson00.html |archive-date=2012-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1999, he transferred to [[Florida State University]] in Tallahassee, Florida, where he swam for the [[Florida State Seminoles]] swimming and diving team in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) competition in 1999, and was gain named an honorable mention All-America with the Seminoles' 16th-place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay.<ref name="Seminoles">{{Cite web|url=http://nolefan.org/summary/msw1999.html|title=1998-99 Men's Swimming & Diving - Year in Review}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==
*https://web.archive.org/web/20120309095720/http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/mora_nelson00.html
*http://nolefan.org/summary/msw1999.html

{{Footer Pan American Champions 200 m Butterfly Men}}
{{Footer CAC Champions 200m Butterfly Men}}

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[[Category:Florida State Seminoles men's swimmers]]
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[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Venezuela]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Venezuelan male swimmers]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela]]
[[Category:Pan American Games swimmers for Venezuela]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:20th-century Venezuelan sportsmen]]
[[Category:21st-century Venezuelan people]]


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