Brydee Moore

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Brydee Moore

2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Moore
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1990-05-01) 1 May 1990
Sport
Country Australia
Sport Paralympic athletics
Event(s) shot put
discus
javelin
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals 2008

Brydee Moore (born 1 May 1990) is an Australian athlete competing in shot put, discus and javelin. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics.

Personal

Moore was born on 1 May 1990.[1] She is from Bayswater[2] and has cerebral palsy.[2]

Swimming

Moore is an athlete.[1] She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the seated shot put, discus and javelin events as an eighteen-year-old.[2][3] She finished thirteen in the women's javelin throw (F33/34/52/53) event.[4] She trained with Madeleine Hogan in the lead up to the Games.[2] At the Games, she was coached by John Eden.[2] She competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In the women's severe to moderate quadriplegia/cerebral palsy shot put event, she threw a distance of 5.85 metres.[5][6][7][8] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Brydee Moore". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Gleeson, Michael. "Knox Paralympians prepare to fly the flag". Knox Leader. Retrieved 2012-08-16. 
  3. "Sullivan named among final seven for Australian London 2012 athletics team". insideworldparasport.biz. 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2012-08-16. 
  4. Olivia McGrath (2008-09-14). "Cowdrey gold boosts Aussie medal tally". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 2012-08-16. 
  5. "Aussies take 12 golds". Sportal New Zealand. Retrieved 2012-08-16. 
  6. "Delhi leaves it late at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium". The Australian. Retrieved 2012-08-16. 
  7. "Athletics track of broken dreams in Delhi". The Australian. Retrieved 2012-08-16. 
  8. "Around the traps". Sportal Australia. Retrieved 2012-08-16. 
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