Victoria Moors

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Victoria Moors
Full nameVictoria Ashley Moors
Country representedFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Born (1996-11-05) November 5, 1996 (age 26)
Surrey, British Columbia
Hometown Cambridge, Ontario
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubDynamo Gymnastics
Head coach(es) Elvira Saadi
Assistant coach(es)Valdimir Kondratenko
Music"Torn" by Nathan Lanier (2014) "Assassin's Tango" by John Powell (2011–2012 & Oct 2013 at the 2013 World Championships), Artsakh by Ara Gevorgian (Nov 2012-Sept 2013)
Eponymous skills Floor Exercise: Double Twisting (720 degrees) Double Layout
RetiredMay 31, 2015
World ranking All Around4 (2014) Beam31 (2012) Floor6 (2012)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pacific Rim Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Seattle Team
Pan American Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 San Juan Floor Exercise

Victoria Ashley Moors OLY (born November 5, 1996) is a retired Canadian artistic gymnast who represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] She is the older sister of 2020 Olympic gymnast Brooklyn Moors.

Contents

Junior career

2010

In December, Moors competed at Elite Canada in Gatineau, Quebec. She won the all-around competition with a score of 53.100. [3] In event finals, Moors placed first on vault, scoring 13.450; first on uneven bars, scoring 13.400; and first on floor, scoring 15.250. [4]

2011

In May, Moors won the all-around title at the Canadian Championships in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, with a score of 56.925. [5] In event finals, she placed third on vault, scoring 13.625; first on uneven bars, scoring 13.925; and first on floor, scoring 15.425. [6]

Moors left the Cambridge Kips gymnastics club to move to Dynamo Gymnastics, a new club opened by her longtime coach, Elvira Saadi. [7]

Senior career

2012

In January, Moors competed at the London Prepares series, where Canada placed second and qualified a full team to the 2012 Summer Olympics. [8] She contributed an all-around score of 54.282 [9] and placed second in the floor final with a score of 14.200. [10]

In February, Moors competed at Elite Canada in Mississauga, Ontario. She placed third in the all-around competition with a score of 55.050, [11] third in the uneven bars final with a score of 13.300, and first in the floor final with a score of 14.650. [12]

At the beginning of March, Moors placed fourth at the American Cup in New York City with an all-around score of 56.365. [13]

Later in March, Moors competed at the Pacific Rim Championships in Everett, Washington. She contributed to the Canadian team's bronze medal with an all-around score of 54.850. [14] [15] Individually, she placed sixth in the floor final with a score of 13.250. [16]

In April, Moors won the silver medal in the floor final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Zibo, China, with a score of 14.025. [17]

In May, Moors competed at the Canadian Championships in Regina, Saskatchewan. She tied for the silver medal in the all-around competition with a score of 56.300. [18] In event finals, Moors placed second on uneven bars, scoring 13.650, and first on floor, scoring 14.600. [19]

That summer, Moors hoped to be chosen as part of the five-member team that would represent Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics. After she helped Canada qualify a full team in January, Moors said, "I never really thought about it. Now, I have my mind set and I'm motivated to get to the Olympics. I really want to go." [20]

At the end of June, Moors was one of the twelve gymnasts chosen to compete at the Final Olympic Selection meet in Gatineau, Quebec. [21] On the first day of competition, she placed second in the all-around with a score of 55.000. [22] Based on her performances here and at the Canadian Championships, she was selected to the five-member Olympic team. [23] Moors said, "I'm just so excited to be going to the Olympics. I've been doing my floor routine for several years, and it's just a case of practice makes perfect. I'm still working to make it better." [24]

London Olympics

At the end of July, Moors competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. She contributed scores of 13.700 on uneven bars and 14.600 on floor toward the Canadian team's fifth-place finish. [25] Moors said, "Our goal was to just finish top eight. But coming to the Olympics and finishing fifth, we weren't expecting that. It's unreal right now. We upset a lot of big countries. We definitely raised the bar for Canada; we're leaving a trail for the next people, and for Rio. We just decided to go out there and go strong." [26]

2013

In March, Moors competed for Canada in the FIG World Cup event in Worcester, Massachusetts, known as the American Cup. She got the highest score among the women on the floor during competition with a score of 14.600 and won the bronze medal behind American gymnasts Katelyn Ohashi and Simone Biles with an all-around score of 57.066. [27] [28] In August, Moors was the first female gymnast to perform a double-twisting double layout in international competition during her floor exercise routine at the Pan American Senior Apparatus Championship. [29] At the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in October, she finished 10th in the all-around. [30]

The double-twisting double layout skill on floor exercise is now called the "Moors" in the Code of Points. It is currently the only "I" skill in the code of points and has a difficulty of 0.9. Since Moors debuted the skill, it has only been successfully competed by five other gymnasts – Brit Amy Tinkler and Americans MyKayla Skinner, Jade Carey, Simone Biles, and Morgan Hurd. [31] [32]

2014

In January, Moors was announced as a competitor for the 2014 American Cup (Greensboro, North Carolina) in early March. Then, in early February, she was announced as a competitor for the Tokyo World Cup in April.

In February, Moors competed at Elite Canada in Gatineau, Quebec. She won the all-around competition with a total score of 56.250 and qualified for the bars final, where she scored 13.225 and tied for the fourth place with Victoria-Kayen Woo, and for the beam final, where she scored 10.850 and came seventh. She also qualified for the floor final, but she didn't compete.

2015

On 31 May 2015, Victoria announced her retirement from the sport via an Instagram post [33]

Eponymous skills

Moors has two eponymous skills listed in the Code of Points. [34]

ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficulty [lower-alpha 1] When Added to the Code of Points
Uneven barsMoorsUnderswing with laid-out salto forward with 1/2 turnD 2012 Olympic Games
Floor exercise Moors Double-twisting (2/1) double laid out salto backwardsI 2013 World Championships
  1. Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points

Competitive History

YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
2008Elite Canada6Gold medal icon.svg
2009Canadian Novice National ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg4Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
2010Elite CanadaGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
2011Canadian Junior National ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
2012 London Test Event Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Elite CanadaBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
American Cup 4
Pacific Rim Championships Bronze medal icon.svg6
Canadian National ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Olympic Games 5
2013 American Cup Bronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg7Bronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Canadian National Championships5
Pan American Championships5Silver medal icon.svg
World Championships 10
2014 Elite CanadaGold medal icon.svg47
American Cup 4
Tokyo World Cup4
Canadian National ChampionshipsBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg

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