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. 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 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. 2006 Commonwealth Games 1st: 200 m butterfly (1:56.64 – Games record) 3rd: 100 m butterfly (52.73) 2004 Olympic Games 28th 400 m freestyle (3:57.29) 28th 1500 m freestyle (15:56.42) 12th: 200 m butterfly (1:58.09) 2002 Commonwealth Games 18th: 100 m freestyle (53.21) 16th: 50 m butterfly (25.50) 9th: 100 m butterfly (54.96) 4th: 200 m butterfly (1:59.94) See also Commonwealth Games records in swimming References External links Moss Burmester's official website Moss Burmester, SPARC (Sport & Recreation New Zealand) Moss takes first gold medal 1981 births Living people New Zealand male swimmers Male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers of New Zealand Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Hastings, New Zealand Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming People educated at Otumoetai College Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games