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Jasmine Moore
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Moore at the 2024 United States Olympic trials
Personal information
Born (2001-05-01) May 1, 2001 (age 23)
Height 5 ft 8 in
Sport
Country  United States
Event(s) Long jump, Triple jump
College team Georgia Bulldogs
Florida Gators
Team Puma
Turned pro 2023
Coached by Petros Kyprianou '19 - '21
Nic Petersen '21 - Present
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Triple jump: 15.12 m (49 ft 7 in)
Long jump: 7.03 m (23 ft 1 in)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze 2024 Paris Long jump
Bronze 2024 Paris Triple jump
Pan American U20 Athletics Championships
Bronze 2017 Peru Triple Jump

Jasmine Moore (born May 1, 2001) is an American athlete. She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in both the long jump and the triple jump event. In 2022, she became the first American woman to qualify for the World Athletics Championships in both the long jump and the triple jump.

Career

From Grand Prairie, Texas and a student at the University of Georgia, she said she chose Georgia in order to train with Petros Kyprianou, and that she was inspired by the success of Keturah Orji. Moore was named the 2019 Gatorade Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year.

Moore won the triple jump at the 2021 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a personal-best and wind-legal jump of 14.39 m (47 ft 3 in), giving her the Olympic standard for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and in the top ten in the world for the year. Also, at the same event she came third in the long jump with a distance of 6.64 m (21 ft 9 in).

In June 2021 she won bronze at the NCAA long jump with a jump of 6.65 m (21 ft 10 in). At the same event she won silver in the triple jump with a leap of 14.13 m (46 ft 4 in). Her personal best long jump was 6.83 m (22 ft 5 in) recorded in Athens, Georgia on the April 9, 2021, the distance hit the qualifying standard for the Olympic Games and was the sixth highest in the world for the year, and in the top 10 collegiate distances of all time. At the US Olympic Trials she finished third in the triple jump to clinch her first Olympic place at the 2020 Summer Games.

In 2023, Moore was chosen as the Honda Sports Award winner in the sport of track and field following her seventh career NCAA individual title, setting an NCAA record in the triple jump at 48'6".

On July 3, 2023 Moore announced she would forego her remaining collegiate eligibility and that she had signed with Puma. She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023 where she qualified fifth and finished tenth overall.

She competed at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow where she came fifth with a distance of 14.15m. In June 2024, she won the triple jump at the 2024 United States Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon. She later finished second in the long jump at the trials with a jump of 6.98 metres. In doing so, she became the first American woman to be selected for the same Olympics at both events.

Results

International

Jasmine Moore qualified for 4 Team USA Track and Field championships.

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  United States
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 3rd Triple jump 14.67 m (48 ft 2 in)
3rd Long jump 6.96 m (22 ft 10 in)
2022 World Athletics Championships Eugene, Oregon 13th Triple jump 14.24 m (46 ft 9 in)
13th Long jump 6.60 m (21 ft 8 in)
2021 Tokyo Olympics Tokyo, Japan 23rd Triple jump 13.76 m (45 ft 2 in)
2018 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 10th Long Jump 5.99 m (19 ft 8 in)
10th Triple Jump 13.09 m (42 ft 11 in)
2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships Trujillo, Peru 3rd Triple jump 13.25 m (43 ft 6 in)
Representing Florida Gators women's track and field
2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, Oregon 3rd Triple jump 14.15 m (46 ft 5 in)
2nd Long jump 6.80 m (22 ft 4 in)
Representing Georgia Lady Bulldogs track and field
2021 US Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 3rd Triple jump 14.15 m (46 ft 5 in)
Representing North Texas Cheetahs Track Club
2018 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships Bloomington, Indiana 1st Triple jump 13.21 m (43 ft 4 in)
2nd Long jump 6.39 m (21 ft 0 in)
2017 AAU Junior Olympic Games Ypsilanti, Michigan 1st Triple jump 12.50 m (41 ft 0 in)
1st Long jump 5.84 m (19 ft 2 in)
USATF Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships Lawrence, Kansas 1st Triple jump 13.00 m (42 ft 8 in)
USATF U20 Outdoor Championships Sacramento, California 2nd Triple jump 13.27 m (43 ft 6 in)
New Balance Indoor Nationals New York City, New York 1st Triple jump 12.97 m (42 ft 7 in)
3rd Long jump 6.19 m (20 ft 4 in)
2016 USATF Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships Sacramento, California 1st Triple jump 12.87 m (42 ft 3 in)
2nd Long jump 5.83 m (19 ft 2 in)
New Balance Nationals Outdoor Greensboro, North Carolina 1st Triple jump 13.25 m (43 ft 6 in)
3rd Long jump 6.16 m (20 ft 3 in)
2015 USATF Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships Jacksonville, Florida 3rd Triple jump 12.43 m (40 ft 9 in)
AAU Junior Olympic Games Norfolk, Virginia 1st Triple jump 12.36 m (40 ft 7 in)
1st Long jump 5.62 m (18 ft 5 in)

NCAA

Jasmine Moore is a 7-time NCAA Division 1 champion, North American triple jump record, NCAA Triple Jump Record, NCAA indoor Long Jump Record, collegiate indoor Triple Jump record holder, 14-time NCAA Division 1 All-American jumper & 11-time Southeastern Conference Champion.

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing Florida Gators
2023 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships University of Texas at Austin
Mike A. Myers Stadium
3rd Long jump 6.66 m (21 ft 10 in)
1st Triple jump 14.78 m (48 ft 6 in) CR MR
SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships Louisiana State University
Bernie Moore Track Stadium
1st Long jump 6.88 m (22 ft 7 in)
1st Triple jump 14.14 m (46 ft 5 in)
2023 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships Albuquerque, New Mexico 1st Long jump 7.03 m (23 ft 1 in) CR MR
1st Triple jump 15.12 m (49 ft 7 in) AR NR CR MR
SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships University of Arkansas
Randal Tyson Track Center
1st Long jump 6.91 m (22 ft 8 in)
1st Triple jump 14.09 m (46 ft 3 in)
2022 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships University of Oregon 1st Long jump 6.72 m (22 ft 1 in)
1st Triple jump 14.32 m (47 ft 0 in)
SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships University of Mississippi 1st Long jump 6.73 m (22 ft 1 in)
1st Triple jump 14.46 m (47 ft 5 in) +2.5w
2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships Birmingham Metro CrossPlex 1st Long jump 6.57 m (21 ft 7 in)
1st Triple jump 14.57 m (47 ft 10 in)
SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships Texas A&M University 1st Long jump 6.75 m (22 ft 2 in)
1st Triple jump 14.11 m (46 ft 4 in)
Representing Georgia Bulldogs
2021 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships University of Oregon
Hayward Field
3rd Long jump 6.65 m (21 ft 10 in)
2nd Triple jump 14.13 m (46 ft 4 in)
SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships Texas A&M University 3rd Long jump 6.64 m (21 ft 9 in)
1st Triple jump 14.39 m (47 ft 3 in)
2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships University of Arkansas 8th Long jump 6.40 m (21 ft 0 in)
4th Triple jump 13.73 m (45 ft 1 in)
SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships University of Arkansas 2nd Long jump 6.34 m (20 ft 10 in)
1st Triple jump 13.97 m (45 ft 10 in)
2020 2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships University of New Mexico Cancelled due to Covid-19 Long jump All-American
Triple jump All-American
SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships Texas A&M University
Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium
2nd Long jump 6.43 m (21 ft 1 in)
1st Triple jump 13.74 m (45 ft 1 in)

Prep

Jasmine Moore is from Grand Prairie, Texas, a Lake Ridge High School alumnus and a former student at the University of Georgia,

Moore is a 9-time Texas state UIL champion.

Moore is a 2019 Texas state University Interscholastic League champion in the triple jump 13.66 m (44 ft 10 in), long jump 6.28 m (20 ft 7 in).
Moore is a 2018 Texas state University Interscholastic League champion in the triple jump 13.83 m (45 ft 4 in), long jump 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in), 4x200 m in 1:37.11, and 2nd place 4x100 m in 46.30.

Moore is a 2017 Texas state University Interscholastic League champion in the triple jump 13.23 m (43 ft 5 in), long jump 5.97 m (19 ft 7 in), 4th place in 4x400 m in 3:51.80, and 2nd place 4x100 m in 45.55.
Moore is a 2016 Texas state University Interscholastic League champion in the triple jump 12.85 m (42 ft 2 in), long jump 6.05 m (19 ft 10 in), and 4th place in 4x400 m in 3:51.44.

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