Brooklyn Moors

Brooklyn Moors (born February 23, 2001) is a Canadian artistic gymnast. A senior since 2017, she made her major international debut at the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in October, where she placed 5th in the Floor Exercise finals and 15th in the All-Around, and was awarded the Longines Prize for Elegance. Brooklyn announced on Instagram that she verbally committed to UCLA on November 18, 2018 and will be part of the graduating gymnastics class of 2024. [2]

Brooklyn Moors
Country represented Canada
Born (2001-02-23) February 23, 2001
Cambridge, Ontario
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior Elite
Years on national team2017–present
ClubDynamo Gymnastics
College team[UCLA Bruins]
Head coach(es)Elvira Saadi
World ranking5th in Floor and 15th in All-Around at the 2017 World Championships[1]
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
2019 Lima Floor exercise
2019 Lima Team
Pan American Championships
2017 Lima Floor exercise
2017 Lima Vault
2017 Lima Uneven bars
AwardsLongines Prize for Elegance (2017)

Personal life

She is the youngest sister of 2012 Olympian Victoria Moors.[3]

Career

Senior

2019

In June Moors was named to the team to compete at the 2019 Pan American Games alongside Ana Padurariu (later replaced by Isabela Onyshko),[4] Ellie Black, Shallon Olsen, and Victoria-Kayen Woo. There she assisted Team Canada to a second place finish in the team final.[5] During the first day of event finals Moors placed sixth on uneven bars.[6] The following day she won the gold medal on floor exercise ahead of Kara Eaker of the United States and Flávia Saraiva of Brazil.[7]

On September 4 Moors was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany alongside Ana Padurariu, Shallon Olsen, Ellie Black, and Victoria Woo.[8]

2020

In January it was announced that Moors would represent Canada at the American Cup, taking place on March 7. She was later replaced by Ellie Black.[9] Her first competition of the season was Elite Canada, where she placed second in the all-around behind Ana Padurariu.[10] In February Moors officially signed her national letter of intent with UCLA, starting in the 2020–21 school year alongside fellow Canadian Padurariu.[11]

Competitive History
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2017Elite Canada565
Gymnix Senior Cup445
City of Jesolo Trophy6275
Canadian National Championships7
Pan American Championships7
Challenge Cup
World Championships155
2018Elite Canada
American Cup7
Canadian National Championships474
World Championships4248
2019Canadian Championships5
Pan American Games6
World Championships7147
2020Elite Canada

References
  1. "47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 : Montréal (CAN) : Women's Individual All-Around Final" (PDF). Mtl2017gymcan.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. "Brooklyn Moors". Gymcan.org. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. "London 2012: Canada's women's gymnastics team makes history with fifth-place finish". Thestar.com. Toronto. 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  4. @FloGymnastics (July 23, 2019). "Team Canada in Lima!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. "Canadian gymnastics teams named for 2019 Pan American Games in Lima". Canadian Olympic Committee. June 17, 2019.
  6. "Black and Olsen share vault podium at 2019 Pan American Games". GymCan. July 30, 2019.
  7. "Moors wins gold on floor while Black captures 5th medal to close out artistic gymnastics competition at the 2019 Pan American Games". GymCan. July 31, 2019.
  8. "Canadian team announced for 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". GymCan. September 4, 2019.
  9. "World, Olympic champions headline field for 2020 American Cup". USA Gymnastics. January 23, 2020.
  10. "Padurariu repeats as Senior All-around Champion at 2020 Elite Canada in Women's Artistic Gymnastics". GymCan. February 9, 2020.
  11. "Brooklyn Moors Signs with UCLA Gymnastics". UCLA Bruins. February 13, 2020.
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