Aston Llewellyn Moore (born 8 February 1956) is a male
Jamaica
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n-born former
track and field
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athlete who competed for Great Britain, specializing in the
triple jump
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event.
He is currently an athletics coach, based in
Birmingham
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,
West Midlands
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Etymology
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. He is a member of the National Coaching Federation and is employed as national event coach for the triple jump by
UK Athletics
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.
Biography
Moore competed at the
1976 Montreal Olympics but failed to progress past the qualifying rounds.
He won a bronze medal at the
Commonwealth Games
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on two occasions; first in
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
with a jump of 16.69 metres, then in
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
with a
wind-assisted
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Due to a tailwind helping to enhance the speed of the at ...
16.76 m. He also represented
England
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, at the
1986 Commonwealth Games
The 1986 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis 1986) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. They were the second Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largel ...
in
Edinburgh
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,
Scotland
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.
He also won a bronze medal with a jump of 16.73 m at the
1981 European Indoor Championships, finishing third behind
Shamil Abbyasov
Shamil Abbyasov (born 16 April 1957) is a retired athlete, who represented the USSR and later Kyrgyzstan. He specialized in the long jump and triple jump.
Abbyasov won a bronze and a gold medal at the 1981 European Indoor Championships in Gr ...
and
Klaus Kübler. In addition, over the course of his career he won three AAA championships in triple jump.
After his retirement from athletics Moore focused on coaching triple jump to younger generations. He has helped train
Ashia Hansen
Ashia Hansen, (born 5 December 1971) is a retired British triple jumper. Fourth in the 1996 Olympic final, she broke the world indoor record when winning the 1998 European Indoor title, and went on to win gold medals at the World Indoor Cha ...
, current UK and former world record holder for indoor triple jump, and
Phillips Idowu
Phillips Olaosebikan Idowu, (born 30 December 1978) is a British athlete who specialises in the triple jump. He is a former World Outdoor and Indoor, European Outdoor and Indoor, and Commonwealth triple jump champion. He was also a silver meda ...
, an
Olympic
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** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...
silver medallist. His son
Jonathan Moore won the gold medal for triple jump at the
2001 World Youth Championships.
References
External links
Profileat
British Olympic Association
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website
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1956 births
Living people
English male triple jumpers
British male triple jumpers
Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom
English athletics coaches
Olympic athletes of Great Britain
Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
People from Spanish Town