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Born | Ashford, South Australia | 13 February 2003|||||||||||||||||
Training location | Canberra | |||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior Elite | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Australian Institute of Sport | |||||||||||||||||
Gym | GymJets | |||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Paul Szyjko | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jesse Moore (born 13 February 2003) is an Australian artistic gymnast. He won the all-around title at the 2024 Oceania Championships and qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Moore was born in 2003 in Ashford, South Australia. [1] He began gymnastics when he was six years old. [2]
Moore won the under-12 category at the 2015 Australian Championships by only 0.065 after falling off the horizontal bar twice. [3] He went on to win three more consecutive national all-around titles in his age group from 2016 to 2018. [2] He made his international debut in 2018 and won a bronze medal on the horizontal bar at the 2018 Pacific Rim Championships. [4] He competed at the 2019 Junior World Championships, helping Australia placed 12th as a team and finishing 25th in the all-around. [5] [6] He qualified for the horizontal bar final and placed seventh. [7]
Moore made his senior international debut at the 2021 Oceania Championships and finished fourth in the all-around, missing out on the continental berth for the Tokyo Olympic Games. [8] He won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2021 Australian Championships. In the event finals, he won silver on floor exercise and parallel bars. [9]
In 2022, Moore received a scholarship from the Sport Australia Hall of Fame to fund his training. [8] He was the youngest member of Australia's artistic gymnastics team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [2] The Australian team placed fourth, 0.650 away from a medal. [10] He withdrew after the third rotation of the all-around final due to a shoulder injury. [1] He then withdrew from the horizontal bar final. [11] He still competed in the pommel horse event final and placed sixth. [12] He had surgery on his shoulder after the competition. [13]
Moore only competed on the floor exercise at the 2023 Australian Championships, placing tenth. [14] He was the alternate for the 2023 World Championships team. [15]
At the 2024 Australian Championships, Moore won the all-around title by over two points. [16] He then won the all-around gold medal at the 2024 Oceania Championships. [17] With the result, he earned the continental berth for the 2024 Olympic Games. [18] He is the first gymnast from South Australia to qualify for the Olympic Games. [19]
Jesse Moore | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Moore at the
2019 Junior World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Ashford, South Australia | 13 February 2003|||||||||||||||||
Training location | Canberra | |||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior Elite | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Australian Institute of Sport | |||||||||||||||||
Gym | GymJets | |||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Paul Szyjko | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jesse Moore (born 13 February 2003) is an Australian artistic gymnast. He won the all-around title at the 2024 Oceania Championships and qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Moore was born in 2003 in Ashford, South Australia. [1] He began gymnastics when he was six years old. [2]
Moore won the under-12 category at the 2015 Australian Championships by only 0.065 after falling off the horizontal bar twice. [3] He went on to win three more consecutive national all-around titles in his age group from 2016 to 2018. [2] He made his international debut in 2018 and won a bronze medal on the horizontal bar at the 2018 Pacific Rim Championships. [4] He competed at the 2019 Junior World Championships, helping Australia placed 12th as a team and finishing 25th in the all-around. [5] [6] He qualified for the horizontal bar final and placed seventh. [7]
Moore made his senior international debut at the 2021 Oceania Championships and finished fourth in the all-around, missing out on the continental berth for the Tokyo Olympic Games. [8] He won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2021 Australian Championships. In the event finals, he won silver on floor exercise and parallel bars. [9]
In 2022, Moore received a scholarship from the Sport Australia Hall of Fame to fund his training. [8] He was the youngest member of Australia's artistic gymnastics team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [2] The Australian team placed fourth, 0.650 away from a medal. [10] He withdrew after the third rotation of the all-around final due to a shoulder injury. [1] He then withdrew from the horizontal bar final. [11] He still competed in the pommel horse event final and placed sixth. [12] He had surgery on his shoulder after the competition. [13]
Moore only competed on the floor exercise at the 2023 Australian Championships, placing tenth. [14] He was the alternate for the 2023 World Championships team. [15]
At the 2024 Australian Championships, Moore won the all-around title by over two points. [16] He then won the all-around gold medal at the 2024 Oceania Championships. [17] With the result, he earned the continental berth for the 2024 Olympic Games. [18] He is the first gymnast from South Australia to qualify for the Olympic Games. [19]