Jonathan Moore (long jumper)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Great Britain |
| Born | 31 May 1984 Birmingham, England |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (11.7 st) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Running |
| Event(s) | Triple jump, long jump |
| Club | Birchfield Harriers[1] |
Jonathan Moore (born 31 May 1984) is an English athlete who specialises in the triple jump and long jump events. Competing in the triple jump event in 2001, he won gold at the World Youth Championships and silver in European Junior Championships. A former holder of the British Junior long jump record, he is the son of Commonwealth Games triple jump medallist Aston Moore.
Athletics career
Born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, Jonathan Moore began practising triple jump at the age of thirteen. His first medal came at the English Schools' event in 1999 and he won gold at the same event in 2000. In 2000 he also won the U17 Championships in both events and the Schools' International and Commonwealth Youth Games in the triple jump. That year he became the first under 17-year-old to clear 16 metres in the triple jump.[2]
In 2001 Moore won the English Schools' title and AAA U20 gold in long jump. He grabbed gold in the triple jump at the World Youth Championships with a jump of 16.36 metres and silver at the 2001 European Junior Championships with 16.43 metres.[3][4]
He equalled the British Junior long jump record with 7.98 metres in an international match against France and made his first 8.00 m jump in 2002 when he made the British Junior Record at 8.03 m in Loughborough. This made him the first British Junior to jump over eight metres.[1] He retained his AAA U20 title but in 2002, during the first event of the season, Moore ruptured his patella.[5] He made a swift recovery after keyhole surgery and much appreciated support from fellow athlete Jonathan Edwards. In just twelve months Moore was competing again and he returned to further competitive success—he picked up a silver medal in 2004 for AAA Indoor Long Jump—but disappointment was to follow.[5]
Moore failed a drugs test at a meeting in Merksem, Belgium, where he had won the long jump with an effort of 7.82 m in 2004.[6] He narrowly escaped a drug ban after testing positive for cannabis and was instead handed a public warning after he claimed that the drug had entered his system passively. He has been warned he faces a two-year suspension if he tests positive for cannabis again.[7]
In January 2009, Moore finished fourth in the long jump with 7.37 m at an athletics meeting in Potchefstroom, South Africa.[8] However, this event was overshadowed in the media by a strange incident in which he was hurt after jumping naked off the roof of a house while participating in warm-weather training. Moore was stunned by the accident and subsequently flew back home to the United Kingdom with his father and a UK Athletics doctor.[9][10] He has not competed since the incident.
Family life
Moore is part of a successful sporting family: he is the son of 1975 European Junior champion and current athletics coach Aston Moore. He is the nephew of sprinter Wendy Hoyte (formerly Clarke), who is married to Les Hoyte, also a leading sprinter and sprint coach at Arsenal Football Club (brother of Trevor Hoyte, 1978 Commonwealth 200m finalist). His cousins include former Arsenal players Justin and Gavin Hoyte, and athlete Chris Clarke – the 2007 400 metres World Youth Champion.[11]
Personal bests
Correct as of January 2009
| Date | Event | Venue | Distance (metres) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2002 | Long jump | Loughborough, England | 8.03 |
| 22 July 2001 | Triple jump | Grosseto, Italy | 16.43 |
- All information taken from IAAF profile.[12]
References
- ^ a b Turnbull, Simon (19 May 2002). Athletics: Tomlinson is cream of long jump crop. The Independent. Retrieved on 28 January 2009.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (10 January 2002). Athletics: Moore aims to end leap year with double gold[dead link]. The Independent. Retrieved on 28 January 2009.
- ^ IAAF World Youth Championships. Gbrathletics. Retrieved on 28 January 2009.
- ^ European Junior Championships (Men). Gbrathletics. Retrieved on 28 January 2009.
- ^ a b British long jumper Jonathan Moore leaps naked from roof. The Daily Telegraph (28 January 2009). Retrieved on 28 January 2009.
- ^ British long jumper escapes drugs ban. The Daily Telegraph (26 October 2004). Retrieved on 28 January 2009.
- ^ GB jumper Moore escapes drug ban. BBC Sport (26 October 2004). Retrieved on 28 January 2009.
- ^ Smith, Ben (27 January 2009). British athlete leaps naked from house roof. The Times. Retrieved on 28 January 2009.
- ^ Long jumper hurt after naked leap. Eurosport (27 January 2009). Retrieved on 28 January 2009.
- ^ UK Athletics offer support to Moore. The Press Association (27 January 2009). Retrieved on 28 January 2009.
- ^ Landells, Steve (1 July 2008) 200m challenge for World Youth 400m champion Clarke – Bydgoszcz World Junior Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 28 January 2009.
- ^ Biography: Moore Jonathan. IAAF. Retrieved on 28 January 2009.
External links
- Biography at Nuff-Respect
- Interview published in the Birmingham Post
