Jemima Moore Explained

Jemima Moore
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Birth Date:1992 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Geelong

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]

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jemima Moore. International Paralympic Committee website. 11 August 2013.
  2. Web site: Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced. Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. 2 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20190409092529/https://www.paralympic.org.au/11564-2/. 9 April 2019. dead.
  3. Web site: Jemima Moore . Rio Paralympics Official site . 14 November 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161114084606/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athlete/jemima-moore . 14 November 2016 .
  4. Web site: Jemima Moore. International Paralympic Committee website. 25 July 2017.
  5. Web site: Geelongathletics . 4 September 2017 . 4 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170904152056/http://www.geelongathletics.com/single-post/2017/06/12/London-2017---Para-World-Champs . dead .