Olympic Gold Medalist Edwin Moses Details Early Life And Career

Edwin Moses won his first gold medal in 1976 and then another in 1984, but his career didn't stop there.

Edwin Corley Moses is an American former track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400 meter hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals and set the world record in the event four times.

Moses, born in 1955 in Dayton, Ohio, was the son of a Tuskegee Airman. He excelled in school and that would ultimately lead him to accepting an academic scholarship to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. There, he majored in physics and industrial engineering, while competing for the school's track team. Attending a historically Black college like Morehouse helped shape Moses not only as a track star, but a leader in the sports world.