Alexander Robert Moore (born August 18, 1997) is a Canadian

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competing in the 86 kg freestyle event.

Personal life

Moore grew up with the sport of wrestling and has been involved with it from a young age. Moore attended Selwyn House School, where his father was the wrestling coach,

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and

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in Montreal.

Career

Junior

Moore first represented Canada at the

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, China, where he finished in 6th place in the 63 kg freestyle event. Moore followed this up with back to back gold medals at the Pan American Junior Championships in 2016 and 2017.

Senior

Moore's first senior competition came at the

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in the Gold Coast, Australia, where Moore finished in fifth place in the 86 event. Moore would also represent Canada at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

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, where he would finish fifth again in the 86 event. In 2021, Moore won a wrestle-off to represent Canada at the final Olympic qualifier. In June 2022, Moore was named to Canada's 2022 Commonwealth Games team. He competed in the 86kg event at the

2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia.

References

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