Ashanti Moore

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Ashanti Moore
Personal information
Nationality Jamaica
Born (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Sport Athletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 11.06 (Kingston, 2023)
200m: 22.31 (Budapest, 2025)

Ashanti Moore (born 7 November 2000) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. She won the Jamaican Athletics Championships in 2025 over 200 metres. [1]

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Career

In April 2023, Moore set a new 200m personal best time in consecutive weeks, running 22.62 in Waco, Texas and then following it up with a mark of 22.49 seconds for the 200 metres at the Texas Invitational event in Austin, Texas. [2] At that event she also won the 100 metres, running a seasons-best 11.12 seconds. [3] In July 2023, she ran a new personal best 100m time of 11.06 seconds to finish in sixth place in the final at the Jamaican Athletics Championships held in Kingston, Jamaica. [4]

Moore was selected to compete in the 200 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August, 2023. [5] She finished fifth in her heat, running 23.12 seconds. [6]

She qualified from her 200 metres semi-final at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships in 22.92 seconds before returning the following day to win claim her first national title, winning in 22.66 seconds ahead of Gabrielle Matthews. [7] [8] She was named in the Jamaican squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships in Nassau, The Bahamas. [9] She was selected for the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [10]

Bobsleigh

In July 2025, Moore was announced as an addition to the Jamaica Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (JBSF) with JBSF President Nelson Stokes describing her as "an impressive athlete with all the attributes of a world-beater in bobsleigh." [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Ashanti Moore". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ashanti Moore Sets Personal Best at Texas Invitational". Track Alerts. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Raynor, Orlando (April 24, 2023). "Ashanti Moore Defeats Abby Steiner in 100m at Michael Johnson Invitational". Track Alerts. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Shericka Jackson blazes 10.65 to win Jamaican 100m title". Watch Athletics. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Ashanti Moore replaces Fraser-Pryce in 200m for World Championships". Jamaica Loopnews. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "One casualty as three Jamaicans through to women's 200 semis". Jamaica Gleaner. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  7. ↑ Levy, Leighton (29 June 2025). "Levell blazes to 200m title defence as Moore claims first crown at National Champs". SportsMax. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  8. ↑ Jacks, Bradley (28 June 2025). "Taylor, Levell comfortable in men's 200m semis at National Champs; Moore fastest through to women's final" . Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  9. ↑ Levy, Leighton (9 July 2025). "Tia Clayton Returns as Jamaica Names Powerhouse Team for NACAC Championships in Bahamas". SportsMax. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "JAAA names 50-member World Champs team, Thomas-Dodd opts out". Jamaica Observer. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  11. ↑ Levy, Leighton (2 July 2025). "Ashanti Moore Joins Jamaica Bobsleigh Team as Federation Sets Sights on Olympic Podium". SportsMax. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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