Jonathan Moore, son of international coach Aston
Moore (former athlete and coach to Ashia Hansen)
began his career his by gaining the English School’s
title in 1999 and Gold in the same event in 2000. In
2000 Jonathan also won the U17 Championships in both
events and the School’s International and
Commonwealth Youth Games in the Triple Jump.
In 2001 He won the English Schools’ title and AAA
U20 Gold in Long Jump, grabbed Triple Jump Gold at
the World Youth Championships and Silver at the
European Juniors.
Jonathan equaled the UK Junior Long Jump record with
7.98m in an International match against France and
made his first 8.00m jump in 2002 when he made the
British Junior Record at 8.03m in Loughborough. This
made him the first British Junior to jump eight
metres. He retained his AAA U20 title, but in 2002,
during the first event of the season Jonathan
ruptured his patella (knee).
He made a swift recovery after keyhole surgery and
much appreciated support from fellow athlete
Jonathan Edwards. In just twelve months Jonathan was
competing again reclaiming his position as Britain’s
best Junior Long Jumper. He picked up a Silver medal
in 2004 for AAA Indoor Long Jump. But disappointment
was to follow.
Jonathan failed a drugs test at a meeting in
Merksem, Belgium, where he had won the long jump
with an effort of 7.82 metres in 2004. He narrowly
escaped a drug ban after testing positive for
cannabis and was instead handed a public warning
after he claimed that the drug had entered his
system passively. He has been warned he faces a
two-year suspension if he tests positive for
cannabis again.
