Jaime Moore
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Jaime Moore (born August 16, 1979 in Northampton, England) is a British Olympic trampolinist. She represented her nation at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, the first time the event was recognised by the competition.[1] She had qualified for the event on the basis of a good placing in the World Championships in South Africa in 1999. The then 21-year-old, who had been expected to be in the medals, had a disappointing campaign, finished twelfth and last.[2]
Moore started out, at the age of five, as a gymnast, and five years later she took up trampolining after discovering beach trampolines in Great Yarmouth, where her parents used to take her on holiday. It wasn't long until she entered her first competition, which she won.[3]
In July 2005 the Northamptonshire Trampoline Gymnastics Academy member won her sixth national title, but her first since coming out of retirement.[4]
Also in 2005, reacting to the news that London had won the bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, Moore said: "It's going to be really brilliant. The Olympics is the most amazing experience an athlete can have. To be part of it, especially in your home country, has got to be just incredible."[5] Moore will be 33 years old when the sporting world focuses on her nation's capital.
On November 25 of the same year, Moore and Claire Wright won the British Championship title in synchronised trampolining.[6]
Twelve months later, she missed out on obtaining the British senior title by just a tenth of a point to Great Britain teammate Claire Wright. She did, however, break her own record for difficulty, with a 13.1 total.[7]
Also in 2006, Moore attended the eighth FIG Trampoline and Tumbling World Cup final, which was held in Birmingham, England.[8]
[edit] Trivia
- In the early 1990s, Moore appeared in an episode of the British game show You Bet! in which the celebrity contestants had to predict whether or not the gymnast could perform a certain number of somersaults in an allotted timeframe.
[edit] References
- ^ "Jaime hopes to spring a surprise", BBC Sport, August 25, 2000.
- ^ "Karavaeva bounces to historic gold", BBC Sport, September 22, 2000.
- ^ "At the end of the day, it's just another competition", BBC Sport, August 24, 2000.
- ^ "Another title for Jaime", BBC Northamptonshire, July 24, 2005.
- ^ "London 2012 - your reactions", BBC Northamptonshire, July 6, 2005.
- ^ "Claire Wright and Jaime Moore British Synchro Champions", Acrobatic Sports.com.
- ^ "Trampolining success for Northants", BBC Northamptonshire, July 17, 2006.
- ^ "World Cup final 2006 in Birmingham", BBC Birmingham, June 9, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Profile at the British Olympic Association's website
- British Gymnastics.org messageboard Moore writes in memory of Christopher Fordham[9]
- A photo of Moore at the Trampoline and Tumbling World Cup ticket launch
