Jemima Moore
_Jan_2011_Updated_CC_BY-SA.jpg) Jemima Moore competes at the 2011 World Championships warm-up meet in Sydney in January 2011 | ||
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| Paralympic athletics | ||
Competitor for  Australia
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| Paralympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2008 Beijing | 4 x 100 metres relay - T53-54 |
Jemima Moore (born 18 March 1992)[1] is a Paralympian athlete from Australia competing mainly in category T53-54 4 x 100 metres relay events. She was born in Geelong, Victoria. [1] At the age of six, she collapsed due to a rare spinal virus and this affected her lower back and caused her long term incomplete paraplegia. [1]
She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a silver medal in the women's T53-54 4 x 100 metres relay event. She also competed in the individual 100m for T54 athletes but finished third in her heat and failed to progress to the final. [1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "emima Moore". International Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
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