Mica Moore

{{Short description|British-Jamaican bobsledder and sprinter}} {{Use British English|date=January 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Mica Moore | honorific_suffix = | image = Mica Moore - 100m guest C - Cardiff - 2.jpg | image_size = | alt = Mica Moore in athletics kit | nickname = | nationality =  | ethnicity = | citizenship = British, Jamaican | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|11|23|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | residence = | education = | alma_mater = Cardiff Metropolitan University | occupation = | years_active = 2008–{{circa|2020}} (sprinting) <br> 2016–2018, 2021–2022, 2025–present (bobsleigh) | employer = | agent = | height =  | weight =  | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website =  | module =  | country = Wales (2008–{{circa|2020}})<br /> Great Britain (2016–2022)<br /> Jamaica (2025–present) | sport = {{flatlist| * Sprinting * Bobsleigh}} | position = | universityteam = Cardiff Metropolitan University | club = Birchfield Harriers | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 =  | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = 2018 | paralympics = | commonwealth = 2014 | highestranking = | pb = |show-medals=yes |medaltemplates= {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Junior Bobsleigh World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2017 Winterberg|2-woman}} {{MedalCountry|{{JAM}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2026 Lake Placid|Two-woman}} {{MedalBronze|2026 Lake Placid|Monobob}} }}

'''Mica Moore''' (born 23 November 1992)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/41550421| title=Winter Olympics 2018: Great Britain's team for Pyeongchang| work=BBC Sport| date=25 January 2018| accessdate=29 January 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206125357/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/41550421| archivedate=6 December 2017| df=dmy-all}}</ref> is a Welsh and Jamaican bobsleigher and former women's sprinter. She competed for Wales in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, and competed for Great Britain in the 2-women bobsleigh event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. In 2025, Moore began competing for Jamaica in bobsleigh, after having left the British bobsleigh programme in 2022.

==Athletics career== Moore began her sporting career as a sprinter, running for Birchfield Harriers and Cardiff Metropolitan University.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/38238477| title=Mica Moore: Welsh athlete targets summer and winter Olympic success| last=Pearlman| first=Michael| work=BBC Sport| date=12 December 2016| accessdate=27 January 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215071736/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/38238477| archivedate=15 December 2016| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Moore was coached by her father Lawrence.<ref name=SWA/>

In May 2008, Moore won the 100m and 200m events at the under-17 Wales National Championships. Her mother Lolita Moore won the 100m and 200m Masters events at the same event.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/athletics/athletics-moore-same-lolita-mica-2177065| title=Athletics: Moore of the same for Lolita and Mica| work=Wales Online| date=17 May 2008| accessdate=12 February 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213021958/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/athletics/athletics-moore-same-lolita-mica-2177065| archivedate=13 February 2018| df=dmy-all}}</ref> In May 2014, Moore, Hannah Thomas, Hannah Brier and Rachel Johncock broke the Welsh 4 × 100 metres relay national record at the Loughborough International event.<ref name=SWA>{{cite news| url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/11269790.Mica_Moore_thrilled_by_Commonwealth_Games_chance/| title=Mica Moore thrilled by Commonwealth Games chance| last=Penman| first=Andrew| work=South Wales Argus| date=11 June 2014| accessdate=12 February 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213021735/http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/11269790.Mica_Moore_thrilled_by_Commonwealth_Games_chance/| archivedate=13 February 2018| df=dmy-all}}</ref> In the same month, she won a bronze medal in the 100m event and a silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay event at the British Universities and Colleges Sport Outdoor Championships.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/news/Pages/Cardiff-Met-Athletics-enjoy-BUCS-Outdoors-success-.aspx| title=Cardiff Met Athletics enjoy BUCS Outdoors success| work=Cardiff Metropolitan University| date=15 May 2014| accessdate=12 February 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213021833/http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/news/Pages/Cardiff-Met-Athletics-enjoy-BUCS-Outdoors-success-.aspx| archivedate=13 February 2018| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Moore competed for Wales in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, finishing seventh in the final. The team consisted of Moore, Thomas, Brier and Johncock.<ref name=SWA/><ref name=BBC>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/41339980| title=Mica Moore: Welsh bobsleigher hopes to reach Olympics despite funding cut| work=BBC Sport| date=20 September 2017| accessdate=23 January 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122131442/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/41339980| archivedate=22 November 2017| df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/PEVU/PEVU_ATW401101.html| title=Athletics: Women's 4 × 100m Relay Final| publisher=Glasgow 2014| accessdate=23 January 2018| url-status=usurped| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511122144/http://results.glasgow2014.com/PEVU/PEVU_ATW401101.html| archivedate=11 May 2017| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Moore won the 100m event at the 2017 Welsh Athletics Championships.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/40235706| title=Mica Moore: Bobsleigh star wins Welsh sprint title| last=Griffiths| first=Gareth| work=BBC Sport| date=11 June 2017| accessdate=27 January 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830194645/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/40235706| archivedate=30 August 2017| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Moore failed to reach the qualifying standard for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/young-welsh-woman-competing-winter-14274618| title=The young Welsh woman competing in the Winter Olympic bobsleigh after raising her own funds to do it| last=Walford| first=Jessica| work=Wales Online| date=11 February 2018| accessdate=12 February 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190130/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/young-welsh-woman-competing-winter-14274618| archivedate=11 February 2018| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

At the 2019 Welsh Athletics Championships, Moore came second in the 100m event.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/17772913.welsh-championships-gold-ieuan-thomas-macey-jones-mica-moore-seals-silver/| title= Welsh Championships gold for Ieuan Thomas and Macey Jones as Mica Moore seals silver| work=South Wales Argus| date=16 July 2019| accessdate=10 February 2021}}</ref> At the 2020 British Indoor Athletics Championships, Moore came fourth in the 60m event, and fifth in the 200m race, in a season's best time.<ref name=Argus20>{{cite news| url= https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/18610055.lockdown-blessing-disguise-says-sprinter-mica-moore/| title=Lockdown 'blessing in disguise' says sprinter Mica Moore| work=South Wales Argus| date=27 July 2020| accessdate=10 February 2021}}</ref>

==Bobsleigh career== In November 2016, after failing to reach the 2018 Commonwealth Games qualifying standard in a qualifying event, Moore decided to take up bobsleigh in addition to sprinting.<ref name=BBC/><ref name=BBSA>{{cite web| url=http://www.thebbsa.co.uk/the-team/directory/mica-moore| title=Mica Moore| publisher=British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association| accessdate=23 January 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124070910/http://www.thebbsa.co.uk/the-team/directory/mica-moore| archivedate=24 January 2018| df=dmy-all}}</ref> In January 2017, Moore and Mica McNeill won the 2-women event at the 2017 IBSF Junior Bobsleigh World Championships in Winterberg, Germany.<ref name=BBC/><ref>{{cite web| url=http://ibsf.sportresult.com/ResultListBackUp/167930.pdf| title=IBSF Junior World Championship Bobsleigh| publisher=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation| date=28 January 2017| accessdate=23 January 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202074812/http://ibsf.sportresult.com/ResultListBackUp/167930.pdf| archivedate=2 February 2017| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Later in the year, the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association withdrew funding for Moore and McNeill, after deciding to maintain funding only for the British male bobsleigh teams. The pair then managed to crowdfund £30,000, allowing them to compete in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup events. The money was needed to pay for travel between races for the pair of them, transport of the sled, race fees, insurance and possible medical expenses, among other things, and allowed them to concentrate on trying to win races.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/41391774| title=Mica McNeill says British bobsleighers 'powered by the people'| work=BBC Sport| date=25 September 2017| accessdate=23 January 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221121003/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/41391774| archivedate=21 December 2017| df=dmy-all}}</ref> By January 2018, McNeill and Moore had raised over £41,000 to fund their competitions.<ref name=NE>{{cite news| url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/15891779.PATH_TO_PYEONGCHANG__County_Durham_bobsleigh_driver_Mica_McNeill_hails__people_power__after_Winter_Olympic_place_is_confirmed/| title=PATH TO PYEONGCHANG: County Durham bobsleigh driver Mica McNeill hails 'people power' after Winter Olympic place is confirmed| work=The Northern Echo| date=23 January 2018| accessdate=23 January 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124070850/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/15891779.PATH_TO_PYEONGCHANG__County_Durham_bobsleigh_driver_Mica_McNeill_hails__people_power__after_Winter_Olympic_place_is_confirmed/| archivedate=24 January 2018| df=dmy-all}}</ref> The pair had the slogan "Powered By The People" written on their sled.<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/winter-olympics/2018/01/23/winter-olympics-2018-british-bobsleigh-womencrowdfund-way-korea/| title=Winter Olympics 2018: British bobsleigh women crowdfund their way to Korea| last=Bloom| first=Ben| work=The Daily Telegraph| date=23 January 2018| accessdate=27 January 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127204305/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/winter-olympics/2018/01/23/winter-olympics-2018-british-bobsleigh-womencrowdfund-way-korea/| archivedate=27 January 2018| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Moore and McNeill finished fifth in the 2-women bobsleigh event in Whistler, Canada, which was the best result for a British women's team in the Bobsleigh World Cup for eight years.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/42121332| title=Bobsleigh World Cup: Mica McNeill and Mica Moore fifth in Whistler| last=Hope| first=Nick| work=BBC Sport| date=25 November 2017| accessdate=23 January 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221120944/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/42121332| archivedate=21 December 2017| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In January 2018, Moore was selected to compete in the 2-women bobsleigh event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Moore was the team's brakewoman, and McNeill piloted the bobsleigh;<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/42792130| title=Winter Olympics 2018: Mica McNeill and Mica Moore named in GB team| work=BBC Sport| date=23 January 2018| accessdate=23 January 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123225853/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/42792130| archivedate=23 January 2018| df=dmy-all}}</ref> their result of 8th was the best ever by a British women's Olympic bobsleigh team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Winter Olympics: GB's bobsleigh women hope for funding after finishing eighth|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/43137242|accessdate=21 February 2018|work=BBC News|date=21 February 2018}}</ref> Moore chose to miss the 2018–19 bobsleigh season to focus on her degree,<ref name=BBCOct18>{{cite news| url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/45727987| title= Mica Moore: Winter Olympian to take bobsleigh break| work=BBC Sport| date=3 October 2018| accessdate=15 June 2020}}</ref> before eventually deciding to give up bobsleigh and return to athletics.<ref name=Argus20/>

In July 2021, Moore returned to bobsleigh.<ref>{{cite news |title=Newport sprinter returns to bobsleigh squad in bid for Olympic glory |url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19422349.newport-sprinter-mica-moore-returns-gb-bobsleigh-squad/ |access-date=24 November 2021 |work=South Wales Argus |date=6 July 2021|language=en}}</ref> She aimed to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympics alongside McNeill, with other contenders for the Games being shot putter Adele Nicoll and former sprinter Montell Douglas.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/59392284| title='I cut 20kg to make bobsleigh team': Meet the Welsh duo aiming for Olympic bobsleigh glory| work=BBC Sport| date=24 November 2021| accessdate=24 November 2021}}</ref> Later in the year, she withdrew from the British team, after claiming that it was a negative environment and alleging discrimination based on her gender and skin colour.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/uk-sport-news/welsh-olympian-mica-moore-quit-23299410| title=Welsh Olympian Mica Moore quit team amid allegations of 'damaging and offensive behaviour' towards 'BAME community and women'| work=Wales Online| date=5 March 2022| accessdate=30 October 2022}}</ref> Moore returned to the team as a pilot for the 2022–23 season,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/news/8-bobsleigh/22753-mica-moore-to-start-post-olympic-season-as-bobsleigh-pilot| title=Mica Moore to start post-Olympic season as bobsleigh pilot| publisher=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation| date=23 October 2022| accessdate=30 October 2022}}</ref> but left the British bobsleigh programme later in 2022.<ref name=BBC25/>

In January 2025, Moore began competing in bobsleigh for Jamaica, having achieved Jamaican citizenship in December 2024.<ref name=BBC25>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/czx8dq7zxdro| title=Moore 'won't get sick of Cool Runnings references'| work=BBC News| date= 1 January 2025| accessdate=1 July 2025}}</ref> She was selected for the 2026 Winter Olympics,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cx2yevz572go| title=Welsh bobsleigher Moore makes Olympics for Jamaica| work=BBC Sport|date=20 January 2026| accessdate=6 February 2026}}</ref> and was also a Jamaican flag bearer at the opening ceremony.<ref>{{cite news|date=5 February 2026|url=https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/news/all-flagbearers-named-for-milano-cortina-2026-opening-ceremony|title=Milano Cortina 2026 Opening Ceremony: All Flagbearers, all nations - complete list|access-date=6 February 2026|publisher=International Olympic Committee|work=Olympics.com|url-access=registration}}</ref> Moore finished 14th in the monobob.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/sports/mica-moore-shines-as-jamaica-closes-womens-monobob-in-14th-place/|title=Mica Moore shines as Jamaica closes women’s monobob in 14th place|publisher=Caribbean National Weekly|accessdate=18 February 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/02/16/mica-moore-finishes-14th-winter-olympics-monobob/|title=Mica Moore finishes 14th in Winter Olympics monobob|publisher=Jamaica Observer|accessdate=18 February 2026}}</ref>

==Personal life== Moore is from Newport, South Wales.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/15891060.Newport_s_Moore_to_chase_Olympic_dream_in_South_Korea/| title=Newport's Moore to chase Olympic dream in South Korea| work=South Wales Argus| date=23 January 2018| accessdate=23 January 2018| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124070729/http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/15891060.Newport_s_Moore_to_chase_Olympic_dream_in_South_Korea/| archivedate=24 January 2018| df=dmy-all}}</ref> She is of Jamaican heritage, and her grandfather moved from Jamaica to the United Kingdom as part of the Windrush generation.<ref name=BBC25/> She attended Bassaleg School,<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-winter-olympics-star-mica-14422447| title= Welsh Winter Olympics star Mica Moore sets her sights on the running track| work=Wales Online| date=17 March 2018| accessdate=10 February 2021}}</ref> and as of 2020, she was studying for a master's degree in Sport Broadcasting and Media at Cardiff Metropolitan University.<ref name=BBC/><ref name=Argus20/>

She won an episode of the BBC game show ''Winter Wipeout'' in 2012.{{cn|date=July 2025}}

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==External links== * [http://www.thebbsa.co.uk/the-team/directory/mica-moore BBSA] * {{IBSF}} * [https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/athlete-details/18114 Mica Moore] at Milano Cortina 2026 * {{Olympics.com|mica-moore}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Instagram}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Mica}} Category:1993 births Category:People educated at Bassaleg School Category:Sportspeople from Newport, Wales Category:Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Category:Bobsledders at the 2026 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic bobsledders for Great Britain Category:Olympic bobsledders for Jamaica Category:Living people Category:British female bobsledders Category:Jamaican female bobsledders Category:Birchfield Harriers Category:Alumni of Cardiff Metropolitan University Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales Category:Welsh women sprinters Category:British women sprinters Category:Welsh people of Jamaican descent Category:Jamaican people of Welsh descent