How tall is Edwin Moses?

Edwin Moses's listed height is 186 cm (6'1"). He is taller than about 88% of men in the United States.

Where 186 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 88% of men in the United States born in 1955 (average 177.2 cm).

About Edwin Moses

Edwin Moses is an American former hurdler, born on 31 August 1955 in Dayton, Ohio. His parents were educators, and his father was a Tuskegee Airman. In 1973 he enrolled at Morehouse College in Atlanta, where he majored in physics and industrial engineering while running for the track team. He later received an MBA from Pepperdine University in 1994.

Moses won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987 he won 107 consecutive finals, which was 122 consecutive races, and he set the world record in the event four times. He was also a reformer in the areas of Olympic eligibility and drug testing. In 2000 he was elected the first Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, an international service organization of athletes.

Moses is listed at 186 cm (6'1"). As a student athlete at Morehouse, which had no track of its own, he trained and ran at public high school facilities around Atlanta, and he competed mostly in the 120-yard hurdles and the 440-yard dash.

Frequently asked

How tall is Edwin Moses in feet and inches? Edwin Moses is 6'1" tall, which is 186 cm, 73.2 inches or 1.86 m.

Is Edwin Moses tall for men in the United States? At 186 cm he is taller than about 88% of men in the United States born in 1955, whose average height is 177.2 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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