Jaime Halsey

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'''Jaime Halsey''' ([[née]] Moore; born 16 August 1979) is a British former [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[trampolining|trampolinist]]. She represented her nation at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]], the first time the event was recognised by the competition.<ref name="Spring a surprise">{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics2000/gymnastics/894338.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Jaime hopes to spring a surprise|date=25 August 2000}}</ref> After a twenty-year career, Moore retired from [[gymnastics]] in January 2010 to focus on coaching.

==Biography== [[Northampton]]-born Moore started out, at the age of five, as a gymnast, and five years later she took up trampolining after discovering beach [[trampoline]]s in [[Great Yarmouth]], where her parents used to take her on holiday. She was spotted by Tracy Whittaker-Smith, the coach of Northamptonshire Trampoline Gymnastics Academy.<ref name=retirement/> Moore joined the Academy, and Whittaker-Smith went on to be her coach for her entire career.

It was not long until Moore entered her first competition, which she won.<ref name="Real Media video">{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/890000/video/_894338_trampoline1_vi.ram|publisher=BBC Sport|title=At the end of the day, it's just another competition|date=24 August 2000}}</ref>

Moore came to prominence in 1994, aged 14, by winning the synchronised competition at the World Age Games and finishing second at the European Youth Championships.<ref name=retirement/> Two years later, she won the individual and team events.<ref name=retirement/>

In 1999, she became British champion and finished ninth at the World Championships in South Africa.<ref name=retirement/> It won her country the first place at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]].<ref name=retirement/> In Australia, she finished twelfth.<ref name="Karavaeva bounces to historic gold">{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics2000/other_sports/937598.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Karavaeva bounces to historic gold|date=22 September 2000}}</ref> Injuries prevented her from appearing at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Games]] in [[Athens]].<ref name=retirement/>

In July 2005 Moore won her sixth national title, but her first since coming out of retirement.<ref name="Another title for Jaime">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire/content/articles/2005/07/21/another_title_for_jaime_feature.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106221345/http://www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire/content/articles/2005/07/21/another_title_for_jaime_feature.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2012|publisher=BBC Northamptonshire|title=Another title for Jaime|date=24 July 2005}}</ref>

Also in 2005, reacting to the news that [[London]] had won the bid to host the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], Moore said: "It's going to be really brilliant. The Olympics is the most amazing experience an athlete can have. To be part of it, especially in your home country, has got to be just incredible."<ref name="London 2012 - your reactions">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire/content/articles/2005/07/06/olympic_games_reaction_feature.shtml|publisher=BBC Northamptonshire|title=London 2012 - your reactions|date=6 July 2005}}</ref>

On 25 November 2005, Moore and Claire Wright won the British Championship title in synchronised trampolining.<ref name="Claire Wright and Jaime Moore British Synchro Champions">{{Cite news|url=http://www.acrobaticsports.com/detail.do?noArticle=1434&noCat=300&id_key=300|publisher=Acrobatic Sports.com|title=Claire Wright and Jaime Moore British Synchro Champions|access-date=12 January 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206043201/http://www.acrobaticsports.com/detail.do?noArticle=1434&noCat=300&id_key=300|archive-date=6 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2006, she missed out on obtaining the British senior title by just a tenth of a point to [[compatriot]] [[Claire Wright (gymnast)|Claire Wright]]. She did, however, break her own record for difficulty, with a 13.1 total.<ref name="Trampolining success for Northants">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire/content/articles/2006/07/17/northants_gymnastic_academy_success_feature.shtml|publisher=BBC Northamptonshire|title=Trampolining success for Northants|date=17 July 2006}}</ref>

Also in 2006, Moore attended the eighth FIG Trampoline and Tumbling World Cup final, which was held in [[Birmingham]].<ref name="World Cup final 2006 in Birmingham">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2006/06/09/world_cup_tumbling_nia_feature.shtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419184157/http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2006/06/09/world_cup_tumbling_nia_feature.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 April 2013|publisher=BBC Birmingham|title=World Cup final 2006 in Birmingham|date=9 June 2006}}</ref>

After winning Britain's place at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Olympics]], Moore finished below Claire Wright in the European Championships and travelled to China as the reserve.<ref name=retirement/><ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/gymnastics/7390038.stm "Moore heads to Beijing as reserve"]. BBC Sport, 8 May 2008</ref>

Moore continued to partake in top-level competitions, including finals at the British and European Championships, until 2008. Her final competition was the 2009 World Championships in Russia.<ref name=retirement/>

===Retirement=== Two years before the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, a 30-year-old Moore announced her retirement from gymnastics in order to concentrate on coaching.<ref name=retirement>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/gymnastics/8446993.stm "Ex-Olympic trampolinist Jaime Moore retires from sport"]. BBC Sport, 11 January 2010</ref>

===Media work=== In the early 1990s, Moore appeared in an episode of the British game show ''[[You Bet!]]'' in which the celebrity contestants had to predict whether or not the gymnast could perform a certain number of somersaults in an allotted timeframe.

In November 2000, Moore appeared on [[BBC One]] comedy sports quiz ''[[They Think It's All Over (TV series)|They Think It's All Over]]'' as a mystery guest in the Feel the Sportsman round.

==Personal life== Moore married Steve Halsey in 2009. They have four daughters: Flo (born 2012) and triplets Eden, Amber and Erin (born 2015).<ref>[https://olympics2triplets.wordpress.com/about/ Olympics2Triplets] - Wordpress.com</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=2267 Profile at the British Olympic Association's website]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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