2016 Australian Paralymic Team Portrait
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18 March 1992
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Jemima Moore (born 18 March 1992) is a Paralympian athlete from Australia competing mainly in category T53-54 4 x 100 metres relay events. She represented Australia at the 2008 Beijing and 2016 Rio Paralympics.
She was born in Geelong, Victoria. 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.
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.
Moore also competed in the 2016 Rio Paralympics where she won a silver medal in thee Women's 4 × 400 m T53-54 relay. She finished 11th in the Women's T54 100 m and 400 m and 10th in the Women's 800 m.