Pablo Morales

Pedro Pablo Morales Jr. (born December 5, 1964) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and former world record-holder. He won a relay gold and two silver medals swimming butterfly at the 1984 Summer Olympics and set the world record in the 100-meter butterfly at the Olympic Trials that year as well as setting relay records with teammates Rick Carey, Steve Lundquist and Rowdy Gaines.

For other people named Pablo Morales, see Pablo Morales (disambiguation).

Pablo Morales

Personal information
Full name	Pedro Pablo Morales Jr.
National team	United States
Born	(1964-12-05) December 5, 1964 Chicago, Illinois
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	187 lb (85 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 4x100 m medley 1992 Barcelona 100 m butterfly 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m medley 1984 Los Angeles 100 m butterfly 1984 Los Angeles 200 m medley World Championships (LC) 1986 Madrid 100 m butterfly 1986 Madrid 4x100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 1985 Tokyo 100 m butterfly 1985 Tokyo 200 m medley 1985 Tokyo 4x100 m medley 1987 Brisbane 100 m butterfly 1987 Brisbane 4x100 m medley 1989 Tokyo 4x100 m medley 1987 Brisbane 200 m medley Pan American Games 1983 Caracas 100 m butterfly

Morales attended Bellarmine College Preparatory, in San Jose, California, trained under the supervision of Larry Rogers. In 1988, on the heels of a record 11th National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) individual championship at Stanford University, he failed to qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympics. After briefly retiring from the sport to pursue a J.D. degree at Cornell Law School in Ithaca, New York, he returned to the Olympics in 1992 as the team captain and captured gold in the 100-meter butterfly. He is currently the head women's swimming and diving coach at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

See also

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
• List of notable Cuban-Americans
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of Stanford University people
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
• World record progression 100 metres butterfly
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pablo Morales". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
• Pablo Morales (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame

Records
Preceded by Matt Gribble	Men's 100-meter butterfly world record-holder (long course) June 26, 1984 – July 30, 1984	Succeeded by Michael Gross
Preceded by Michael Gross	Men's 100-meter butterfly world record-holder (long course) June 23, 1986 – August 23, 1995	Succeeded by Denis Pankratov