Jasmine Moore (born May 1, 2001) is an American athlete. In 2022, she became the first American woman to qualify for the World Athletics Championships in both the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

and the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

. From Grand Prairie, Texas and a student at the

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

, she said she chose Georgia in order to train with Petros Kyprianou, and that she was inspired by the success of Keturah Orji. Moore was named the 2019 Gatorade Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Moore won the

at the 2021 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a personal-best and wind-legal jump of , giving her the Olympic standard for the delayed

2020 Tokyo Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

, and in the top ten in the world for the year. Also, at the same event she came third in the

with a distance of . In June 2021 she won bronze at the

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

long jump with a jump of . At the same event she won silver in the triple jump with a leap of . Her personal best long jump was recorded in

Athens, Georgia Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city-county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta, and is a satellite city of the capital. The University of Georgia, the sta ...

on the April 9, 2021, the distance hit the qualifying standard for the Olympic Games and was the sixth highest in the world for the year, and in the top 10 collegiate distances of all time. At the US Olympic Trials she finished third in the triple jump to clinch her first Olympic place at the

2020 Summer Games The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

Career

Jasmine Moore qualified for 4 Team USA Track and Field championships.

NCAA

Jasmine Moore is a 7-time

NCAA Division 1 NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athletic ...

champion, North American triple jump record, NCAA Triple Jump Record, NCAA indoor Long Jump Record, collegiate indoor Triple Jump record holder, 14-time

All-America The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed upon an amateur sports person from the United States who is considered to be one of the best amateurs in their sport. Individuals receiving this distinction are typically added to an All-Am ...

n jumper & 11-time

Southeastern Conference The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States. Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ...

Champion.

Prep

Jasmine Moore is from Grand Prairie, Texas, a Lake Ridge High School alumnus and a former student at the

, Moore is a 9-time Texas state UIL champion.Jasmine Moore High School Track and Field results
Athletic.net
Moore is a 2019 Texas state University Interscholastic League champion in the triple jump , long jump .
Moore is a 2018 Texas state University Interscholastic League champion in the triple jump , long jump , 4x200 m in 1:37.11, and 2nd place 4x100 m in 46.30.
Moore is a 2017 Texas state University Interscholastic League champion in the triple jump , long jump , 4th place in 4x400 m in 3:51.80, and 2nd place 4x100 m in 45.55.
Moore is a 2016 Texas state University Interscholastic League champion in the triple jump , long jump , and 4th place in 4x400 m in 3:51.44.

References

External links

Georgia Bulldogs bio

Florida Gators bio
* 2001 births Living people American female long jumpers American female triple jumpers Georgia Bulldogs women's track and field athletes Florida Gators women's track and field athletes People from Grand Prairie, Texas Sportspeople from Ellis County, Texas Sportspeople from Arlington, Texas Sportspeople from Dallas County, Texas Track and field athletes from Florida Track and field athletes from Georgia (U.S. state) Track and field athletes from Texas African-American track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women {{US-longjump-athletics-bio-stub