Personal information | |
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Born | Bournemouth, Dorset, England | 4 January 1985
Years active | 2001–2008 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 800 metres |
Achievements and titles | |
Commonwealth finals | 2002 |
Personal best | 1:59.75 |
Charlotte Moore (born 4 January 1985) is a runner who completed for England in the 800 metres at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. [1]
Moore attended Bournemouth School for Girls [1] and was a member of Bournemouth Athletics Club. [2] In 2001, she competed in the European Youth Summer Olympics, where she sustained an ankle injury in the final. [3] Later in the year, she competed at a Great Britain vs USA junior international event. [3]
Aged 17, Moore competed for England in the 800 metres at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, after coming third in the trials for the event. [4] In her semi-final, she set an English under-20 record time of 2:00.95, which was five seconds quicker than her season's best performance. [1] [5] In the final, Moore became the first English junior to run the 800 metres in under 2 minutes. She finished sixth in a time of 1:59.75. [5] [1] [6] She competed in the 800 metres at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. [7]
After two years away from sport with an injury, Moore won the 2008 Swanage half-marathon. [2]