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
Full name	Brooklyn Chloe Moors[1]
Country represented	Canada
Born	February 23, 2001 Cambridge, Ontario
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior Elite
Years on national team	2017–present
Club	Dynamo Gymnastics
College team	UCLA Bruins
Head coach(es)	Elvira Saadi
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
Awards	Longines Prize for Elegance (2017)

Personal life

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

Career

2018

In February Moors competed at Elite Canada where she placed first in the all-around and on floor exercise and placed second on balance beam behind Rose-Kaying Woo.[4] In March she competed at the American Cup where she placed seventh.[5] In May she competed at the Canadian National Championships where she placed fourth behind Ellie Black, Isabela Onyshko, and Jade Chrobok.[6]

In early October Moors was selected to represent Canada at the World Championships in Doha alongside Black, Ana Padurariu, Shallon Olsen, and Laurie Dénommée (later replaced by Sophie Marois).[7] During qualifications Moors helped Canada qualify to the team final in fourth place and individually she qualified to the all-around and floor exercise finals.[8] During the team final Moors competed on floor exercise and uneven bars and helped Canada finish in fourth place, the highest they have ever finished in a World Championships.[9] During the individual finals Moors finished 24th in the all-around[10] and eighth on floor exercise.[11]

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),[12] Ellie Black, Shallon Olsen, and Victoria-Kayen Woo. There she assisted Team Canada to a second place finish in the team final.[13] During the first day of event finals Moors placed sixth on uneven bars.[14] The following day she won the gold medal on floor exercise ahead of Kara Eaker of the United States and Flávia Saraiva of Brazil.[15]

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.[16] Canada finished seventh as a team and qualified as a team for the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo.[17] During individual finals Moors finished 14th in the all-around[18] and seventh on floor exercise.[19]

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.[20] Her first competition of the season was Elite Canada, where she placed second in the all-around behind Ana Padurariu.[21] In February Moors officially signed her national letter of intent with UCLA, starting in the 2020–21 school year alongside fellow Canadian Padurariu.[22]

Competitive History

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2016	Elite Canada		21
	Nadia Comaneci Invitational		8
	International Gymnix		4
	Canadian Championships
	Elite Gym Massilia		17
2017	Elite Canada			5		6	5
	Gymnix Senior Cup			4		4	5
	City of Jesolo Trophy	6	27	5
	Canadian National Championships		7
	Pan American Championships					7
	Challenge Cup
	World Championships		15				5
2018	Elite Canada
	American Cup		7
	Canadian National Championships		4			7	4
	World Championships	4	24				8
2019	Canadian Championships				5
	Pan American Games				6
	World Championships	7	14				7
2020	Elite Canada

References

1. "2021 Gymnastics Roster Brooklyn Moors". UCLA Bruins.
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. "2018 Elite Canada Results". The Gymternet. February 3, 2018.
5. "Hurd, Moldauer win American Cup titles". USA Gymnastics. March 3, 2018.
6. "Ellie Black captures fifth senior national all-around title at 2018 Canadian Championships in Artistic Gymnastics". GymCan. May 27, 2018.
7. "Canadian team announced for 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha, QAT". GymCan. October 1, 2018.
8. "Canada qualifies for women's team finals in 4th position at 2018 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". GymCan. October 28, 2018.
9. "Canada finishes historic fourth in women's team finals at 2018 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". GymCan. October 30, 2018.
10. "Black finishes 12th in women's all-around final at 2018 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships; Moors 24th". GymCan. November 1, 2018.
11. "Ana Padurariu captures Canada's second silver medal to close-out 2018 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". GymCan. November 3, 2018.
12. @FloGymnastics (July 23, 2019). "Team Canada in Lima!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
13. "Canadian gymnastics teams named for 2019 Pan American Games in Lima". Canadian Olympic Committee. June 17, 2019.
14. "Black and Olsen share vault podium at 2019 Pan American Games". GymCan. July 30, 2019.
15. "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.
16. "Canadian team announced for 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". GymCan. September 4, 2019.
17. "Canada finishes seventh in women's team final at 2019 World Championships". GymCan. October 8, 2019.
18. "Black narrowly misses podium in the all-around at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". GymCan. October 10, 2019.
19. "Artistic Gymnastics World Championships wrap-up with one more Olympic qualification for Canada". GymCan. October 13, 2019.
20. "World, Olympic champions headline field for 2020 American Cup". USA Gymnastics. January 23, 2020.
21. "Padurariu repeats as Senior All-around Champion at 2020 Elite Canada in Women's Artistic Gymnastics". GymCan. February 9, 2020.
22. "Brooklyn Moors Signs with UCLA Gymnastics". UCLA Bruins. February 13, 2020.

External links

• Brooklyn Moors at the International Gymnastics Federation