Jemima Moore

Jemima Moore (born 18 March 1992)[1] is a Paralympian athlete from Australia competing mainly in category T53-54 4 x 100 metres relay events. She represented Australia at the 2008 Beijing and 2016 Rio Paralympics.[2]

Jemima Moore
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait
Personal information
Born (1992-03-18) 18 March 1992
Geelong
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio Women's 4×400 metre relay - T53/54
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 4 x 100 metres relay - T53-54

Personal

She was born in Geelong, Victoria.[1] At the age of six, she collapsed due to a rare spinal virus and this affected her lower back and caused her long term incomplete paraplegia.[1]

Athletics

She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a silver medal in the women's T53-54 4 x 100 metres relay event. She also competed in the individual 100m for T54 athletes but finished third in her heat and failed to progress to the final.[1]

Moore also competed in the 2016 Rio Paralympics where she won a silver medal in the Women's 4 × 400 m T53-54 relay. She finished 11th in the Women's T54 100 m and 400 m and 10th in the Women's 800 m.[3]

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, she finished 10th in the Women's 400m T54, 800m T53 and 1500m T54 events.[4] Moore was one of three Geelong Para Athletes, as well as Martin Jackson and Sam McIntosh, to be selected for the Championships.[5]

Notes
  1. "Jemima Moore". International Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  2. "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. "Jemima Moore". Rio Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  4. "Jemima Moore". International Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. "Geelongathletics". Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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