:''For the actor, see Ashleigh Aston Moore''. Aston Llewellyn Moore (born 8 February 1956) is a male

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n-born former

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athlete who competed for Great Britain, specialising in the

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event. He competed at the

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Biography

Moore became the British triple jump champion after winning the British

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title at the 1976 AAA Championships. He was duly selected to represent

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at the 1976 Olympics Games in

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but failed to progress past the qualifying rounds. He regained his AAA title at the 1978 AAA Championships and shortly afterwards won a bronze medal with a jump of 16.69 metres, representing

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at the

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, Canada. Moore finished second behind American Paul Jordan at the

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but by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete was considered the British champion and at the

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he won his third title outright. He also won a bronze medal with a jump of 16.73 m at the 1981 European Indoor Championships, finishing third behind Shamil Abbyasov and

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. In

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he represented

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, Australia and with a

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16.76 m, he won the bronze medal. He also represented

, at the

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, Scotland. After his retirement from athletics Moore focused on coaching triple jump to younger generations. He has helped train Ashia Hansen, current UK and former world record holder for indoor triple jump, and

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, an

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silver medallist. His son Jonathan Moore won the gold medal for triple jump at the 2001 World Youth Championships. Moore was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to athletics. He is currently an athletics coach, based in

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, West Midlands. He is a member of the National Coaching Federation and is employed as national event coach for the triple jump by

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