# Aston Moore

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{{Short description|Jamaican-British triple jump athlete}}
{{For|the actor|Ashleigh Aston Moore}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Aston Moore<br /><small>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}}</small>
| image=
| imagesize = 
| caption =
| nationality = British/Jamaican
| sport = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)
| event  = [Triple jump](/source/Triple_jump)
| club = [Birchfield Harriers](/source/Birchfield_Harriers)<ref>{{cite news|title=Hansen's got the world at her feet|last=Hickman|first=Leon|work=[Evening Mail](/source/Birmingham_Mail)|location=Birmingham|date=13 February 1999|page=45}}</ref>
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1956|2|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place =[Spanish Town](/source/Spanish_Town), Jamaica
| height = {{height|m=1.80|precision=0}}
| weight = 79 kg
| medaltemplates={{Medal|Country | {{GBR}} }}
{{Medal|Sport | Men's [athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport))}}
{{Medal|Competition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{Medal|Bronze  |[1978 Edmonton](/source/1978_Commonwealth_Games)|[Triple jump](/source/1978_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[1982 Brisbane](/source/1982_Commonwealth_Games)|[Triple jump](/source/Athletics_at_the_1982_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[European Indoor Championships](/source/European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics)}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[1981 Grenoble](/source/1981_European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics)|[Triple jump](/source/1981_European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics)}}
}}

'''Aston Llewellyn Moore''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (born 8 February 1956) is a male [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica)n-born former [track and field](/source/track_and_field) athlete who competed for Great Britain, specialising in the [triple jump](/source/triple_jump) event. He competed at the [1976 Summer Olympics](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics).<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69320 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Moore became the [British triple jump champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_triple_jump) after winning the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) title at the [1976 AAA Championships](/source/1976_AAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19760816/343/0011 |title=Weekend sport |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=16 August 1976 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref> He was duly selected to represent [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics) at the 1976 Olympics Games in [Montreal](/source/Montreal) but failed to progress past the qualifying rounds.<ref name=SRef>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/aston-moore-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190959/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/aston-moore-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Aston Moore Biography and Statistics|work=Sports Reference|accessdate=28 January 2009}}</ref><ref name=oly/>

He regained his AAA title at the [1978 AAA Championships](/source/1978_AAA_Championships) and shortly afterwards won a bronze medal with a jump of 16.69&nbsp;metres, representing [England](/source/England_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games) at the [1978 Commonwealth Games](/source/1978_Commonwealth_Games) in [Edmonton](/source/Edmonton), Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edmonton-1978/ |title=Edmonton 1978 Team |website=Team England |access-date=7 June 2025 }}</ref>

Moore finished second behind American Paul Jordan at the [1980 AAA Championships](/source/1980_AAA_Championships) but by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete was considered the British champion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref> and at the [1981 AAA Championships](/source/1981_AAA_Championships) he won his third title outright.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19810809/038/0038 |title=Results |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=9 August 1981 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref> He also won a bronze medal with a jump of 16.73&nbsp;m at the [1981 European Indoor Championships](/source/1981_European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics), finishing third behind [Shamil Abbyasov](/source/Shamil_Abbyasov) and [Klaus Kübler](/source/Klaus_K%C3%BCbler_(athlete)).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ei.htm|title=European Indoor Championships (Men)|work=Gbrathletics|accessdate=28 January 2009}}</ref>

In [1982](/source/Athletics_at_the_1982_Commonwealth_Games) he represented [England](/source/England_at_the_1982_Commonwealth_Games) in [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane), Australia<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/brisbane-1982/ |title=Brisbane 1982 Team |website=Team England |access-date=7 June 2025 }}</ref> and with a [wind-assisted](/source/wind-assisted) 16.76&nbsp;m, he won the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cg.htm|title=Commonwealth Games Medallists (Men)|work=Gbrathletics|accessdate=28 January 2009}}</ref> He also represented [England](/source/England_at_the_1986_Commonwealth_Games), at the [1986 Commonwealth Games](/source/1986_Commonwealth_Games) in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|title=England team in 1986|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419153600/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39636|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

After his retirement from athletics Moore focused on coaching triple jump to younger generations. He has helped train [Ashia Hansen](/source/Ashia_Hansen), current UK and former world record holder for indoor triple jump, and [Phillips Idowu](/source/Phillips_Idowu), an [Olympic](/source/Olympic_Games) silver medallist.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/browse/431/484/3739/3/7|title=Idowu and Herbert Part Ways|work=[Athletics Weekly](/source/Athletics_Weekly)|date=24 April 2008|accessdate=28 January 2009}}</ref> His son [Jonathan Moore](/source/Jonathan_Moore_(athlete)) won the gold medal for triple jump at the [2001 World Youth Championships](/source/2001_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics).<ref>{{cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=10 January 2002|page=19|title=Athletics: Moore aims to end leap year with double gold|work=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)|location=London}}</ref>

Moore was appointed [Member of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (MBE) in the [2023 New Year Honours](/source/2023_New_Year_Honours) for services to athletics.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63918|supp=y|page=N22|date=31 December 2022}}</ref>

He is currently an athletics coach, based in [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham), [West Midlands](/source/West_Midlands_(county)).<ref>{{cite news|title=Phillips Idowu to miss World Championships after taking a break from athletics for 'the foreseeable future'|work=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)|location=London|date=10 July 2013}}</ref> He is a member of the National Coaching Federation and is employed as national event coach for the triple jump by [UK Athletics](/source/UK_Athletics).<ref>{{cite news|title=Leaping ahead at the triple|last=Mott|first=Sue|work=[Scotland on Sunday](/source/Scotland_on_Sunday)|location=Edinburgh|date=13 December 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Team GB's Phillips Idowu cuts himself off from coach Aston Moore|first=Simon|last=Turnbull|date=1 August 2012|work=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)|location=London|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/team-gbs-phillips-idowu-cuts-himself-off-from-coach-aston-moore-7999098.html|accessdate=30 August 2013}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=3705 Profile] at [British Olympic Association](/source/British_Olympic_Association) website

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Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
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Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
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