Angus Moore
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 26 September 1992 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Club | Sydney Rowing Club |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals | King's Cup 2015,17,18 |
Medal record | |
Angus Moore (born 26 January 1992) is an Australian rower. He has represented at underage and senior world championships and in 2018 won the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta in an Australian eight.
Club and state rowing
Moore's senior club rowing has been from the Sydney Rowing Club.
Moore rowed for the Australian Capital Territory in their 2015 men's eight competing for the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[1] He first made state selection for New South Wales in their King's Cup eight at the 2017 Interstate Regatta. Moore rowed in consecutive King's Cup victories for New South Wales in 2017 and 2018.[2]
International representative rowing
Moore made his Australian representative debut in still aged sixteen in 2009 at the Junior World Rowing Championships in Brive-La Gaillarde where he won a silver medal in a junior coxed four.[3] The following year at the 2010 Junior World Rowing Championships in Racice he won the bronze medal in a junior coxed four.[3]
In 2011 Moore competed at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Amsterdam in the Australian U23 eight which raced to a seventh place finish.[3] He then rowed in the eight at the U23 World Championships in Trakai 2012 where that crew won a bronze medal.[3] In 2013 Moore was elevated to the Australian senior squad whilst being still eligible to race at U23 World Championships. He rowed in a coxless pair at the World Rowing Cup I in Sydney, then in a coxless pair with Alexander Hill at the World Rowing Cup III. He and Hill took that pair to the World Championships in Linz where they won an U23 World Championship silver medal.[3] A month later at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, Moore rowed in the three seat of an Australian men's eight who placed seventh.[3] In 2014 he kept his seat in the Australian men's eight racing at two World Rowing Cups and then at the 2014 World Rowing Championships again to seventh place.[3]
In Moore was back in the Australian squad for their 2018 international tour. He rowed in the eight to a fifth placing at the World Rowing Cup II in Linz, Austria.[3] In the touring party's second regatta of the 2018 season Moore was in the bow seat of the Australian men's eight racing as the Georgina Hope Rinehart National Training Centre, in honour of Rowing Australia patron, Gina Rinehart which won the 2018 Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta.[4] The fourth Australian men's eight to ever do so. The following week at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Moore rowed in the Australian eight to silver medal in a thrilling 0.14 second finish behind Germany.[3] The stage was set for the close competition that played out at the 2018 World Championships in Plovdiv. In their heat the Australian eight finished 5/100ths of a second behind the USA and then in the final, Germany dominated and took gold but 2/10ths of a second separated 2nd through to 4th and the Australians took silver, a bowball ahead of Great Britain with the US out of the medals.[3] Moore rowed at three, and came home with a silver world championship medal.