Merrill Moses
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | August 13, 1977 (age 47) Harbor City, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||
Merrill M. Moses[1] (born August 13, 1977) is an American water polo player.
Moses was born in Harbor City, California.[2] He was a goalkeeper on the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[3][4] In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary. He was named to the Olympic all-star team.[5]
In December 2010, Moses' silver medal was stolen by thieves when his parents house was burglarized. The thieves also stole both a ring and a watch that he had been given by the US Olympic Committee.[4][5][6]
See also
References
- ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable at http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Merrill Moses". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
- ^ "USA Water Polo Men's National Team". Usawaterpolo.org. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ^ a b "Burglars steal water polo player's Olympic silver medal in Manteca". San Jose Mercury News. AP. January 11, 2011. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Burkin, Christian (January 11, 2011). "Olympic medal theft stings family". Recordnet.com. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ^ Wong, Lonnie (January 11, 2011). "Olympic Medal Stolen In Manteca; Silver medal belonging to water polo player taken – KTXL". Fox40.com. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
   | This biographical article relating to a water polo Olympic medalist from the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Jewish American sportspeople
- American water polo players
- Olympic water polo players of the United States
- Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- Male water polo players
- Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- American sportsmen
- American water polo Olympic medalist stubs