Aaron Moores

Great Britain

Swimming

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Intellectual impairment

Further personal information

Languages

English

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

He began swimming at age 10 with Trowbridge Swimming Club in England.

General interest

Sporting philosophy / motto

"Train hard." (channel4.com, 01 Jan 2012)

Awards and honours

In 2017 he was a torch bearer as the relay made its way through Wales ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. (rnli.org, 05 Sep 2017)

In 2016 he was named Sportsperson of the Year at the Swansea Sports Awards in Wales. (enjoyswanseabay.com, 10 Nov 2017)

He was named Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire [MBE] in the 2017 New Year's Honours list. (bbc.com, 31 Dec 2016)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 100 m Backstroke S14	Final Round	2012-08-31	2
Men's 100 m Backstroke S14	Heat 2	2012-08-31	2
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB14	Final Round	2012-09-06	6
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB14	Heat 2	2012-09-06	4

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 100 m Backstroke S14	Final 1	2013-08-14	3
Men's 100 m Backstroke S14	Heat 1	2013-08-14	3
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB14	Final 1	2013-08-16	7
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB14	Heat 3	2013-08-16	7

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 100 m Backstroke S14	Heat 2	2016-09-08	5
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB14	Final Round	2016-09-14	1
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB14	Heat 2	2016-09-14	2