Jemima
Moore

Two-time Paralympian Jemima Moore is one hell of a wheelchair racer.

She first started competing in 2007, as one of several would-be Paralympians who were introduced to Para-athletics by Kaye Colman – mum of Paralympic gold medallist Richard Colman – and made her international debut the following year at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

It was an incredible rise to the top for the young Victorian – 10 years earlier, when Jemima was six, she lost all function in her lower body. Curiously, the cause remains a medical mystery.

She contested two events in Beijing, and together with her teammates Angie Ballard, Christie Dawes and Madison de Rozario, won a silver medal in the women’s 4x100m T53/54. The race remains the highlight of Jemima’s career to date, and one which she was lucky enough to relive eight years later at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, where the quartet reunited to again cross the line for silver.

Rio was Jemima’s second Paralympic campaign, after she decided to take a step away from sport around the time of the London 2012 Paralympic Games to focus on completing her Bachelor of Primary Teaching at Federation University Australia. She now balances her training with after-school care teaching – and with the little spare time she has, enjoys creating visual art.

Together with her coach of six years, Fred Periac, Jemima is currently working towards selection to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. She believes that it is the responsibility of a Paralympian to show the world what people with a disability are capable of, and would love the opportunity to do that once again on the movement’s greatest stage to date.