Aston Llewellyn Moore is a Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

n former athlete who competed for Great Britain, specialising in the triple jump

Triple jump

The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

 event. He is currently an athletics coach. Moore competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics but failed to progress past the qualifying rounds. He won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games

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 on two occasions; first in 1978

1978 Commonwealth Games

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 with a jump of 16.69 metres, then in 1982

Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

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 with a wind-assisted 16.76 m. He also won a bronze medal with a jump of 16.73 m at the 1981 European Indoor Championships

1981 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

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, finishing third behind Shamil Abbyasov

Shamil Abbyasov

Shamil Abbyasov is a retired athlete who represented the USSR and later Kyrgyzstan. He specialized in the long jump and triple jump.He won a bronze and a gold medal at the 1981 European Indoor Championships in Grenoble...

 and Klaus Kübler

Klaus Kübler

Klaus Kübler is a retired West German triple jumper.He became West German champion in 1977 and 1980.-Achievements:-References:...

. In addition, over the course of his career he won three AAA championships in triple jump.

After his retirement from athletics Moore focused on coaching triple jump to younger generations. He has helped train Ashia Hansen

Ashia Hansen

Ashia Hansen, MBE was a British triple jumper who competed internationally from 1994-2008.-Early life:...

, current UK and former world record holder for indoor triple jump, and Phillips Idowu

Phillips Idowu

Phillips Olaosebikan Idowu MBE is a Nigerian-English triple jumper...

, an Olympic

Olympic Games

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 silver medallist. Furthermore, his son Jonathan Moore won the gold medal for triple jump at the 2001 World Youth Championships

2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics

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