Hobbies
Baking, reading, listening to music. (uclabruins.com, 01 Sep 2021; olympic.ca, 23 Jun 2019)
Occupation
Student
Spoken languages
English
Club
University of California, Los Angeles: United States
Sporting relatives
Her older sister Victoria Moors represented Canada in artistic gymnastics at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (cambridgetimes.ca, 15 Feb 2017)
Injuries
After competing at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, a back injury prevented her from training until January 2020. (intlgymnast.com, 05 Mar 2020)
She was affected by a minor shoulder injury in early 2018. (thegymter.net, 12 Jun 2018)
Start sporting career
She began training in recreational gymnastics at age three and joined a competition team at age six.
Reason for taking up the sport
She followed her older sister Victoria into the sport. "My sister was just crazy, she was one of those kids that was always running around, so my parents put her into gymnastics. I saw it and thought, 'I want to do it too!' I wanted to be like her."
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning the Prize for Elegance at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada. (uclabruins.com, 01 Sep 2021)
Hero / Idol
US artistic gymnast Kyla Ross, Canadian artistic gymnast Ellie Black. (uclabruins.com, 01 Sep 2021)
Rituals
She takes a stuffed dog called Archie to every competition. (olympic.ca, 23 Jun 2019)
Awards
She won the 2018 Cambridge Athlete of the Year award in Ontario, Canada. (cambridgetimes.ca, 06 Nov 2018)
She was presented with the Prize for Elegance at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada. She was the first Canadian gymnast to have won the award. (olympic.ca, 23 Jun 2019; uclabruins.com, 13 Feb 2020)
Additional information
STUDIES
She began studying at the University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA] in the United States of America in 2021. She redshirted her first year of collegiate gymnastics while training for the 2020 Olympic Games. "[UCLA] was always my dream school. So I figured I would either go there or not [go to college] at all." (uclabruins.com, 01 Sep 2021; cambridgetimes.ca, 23 Nov 2018)
SISTER ACT
She says her older sister, 2012 Olympian Victoria Moors, continues to inspire her. "It's a hard act to follow, but Victoria has shown what's possible when you don't give up, and gives me lots of encouragement and advice. After such a successful career, she motivates me to keep the Moors legacy going." (International Gymnast magazine, December 2017)
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