Harley Moore (born 24 February 1995) is an Australian representative sweep-oar rower. He was a 2017 U23 World Champion and has represented at senior World Championships.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 24 February 1995 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Club | Commercial Rowing Club |
Club and state rowing edit
Moore attended St Joseph's College, Nudgee where he took up rowing. His senior club rowing has been from the Commercial Rowing Club in Brisbane.[1]
Moore first made state selection for Queensland in the 2022 men's senior eight which contested the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.[2]
International representative rowing edit
Moore debuted for Australia at the 2013 Junior World Championships in Trakai, racing a coxless pair which finished in thirteenth place.[3] He next rowed in Australian colours at the 2017 World Rowing U23 Championships in a coxless four which won the U23 World Championship title in that boat class.[3]
Moore was selected in the Australian senior training team to prepare for the 2022 international season and the 2022 World Rowing Championships.[4] He rowed Australia's coxless pair with Alex Hill at World Rowing Cup III July 2022 to a silver medal.[3] At the 2022 World Rowing Championships at Racize, he raced in the Australian coxless pair with Hill. They finished fifth overall.[3]
In March 2023 Moore was selected in Australian men's sculling squad for the 2023 international season.[5] At the Rowing World Cup II in Varese, Italy Moore raced as Australia's M2X entrant with Jack Cleary. They made the A final and finished in fourth place.[3] At 2023's RWC III in Lucerne, Moore and Cleary again raced the M2X. This time they proceeded through the repechage, missed the A final and finished in overall ninth place.[3] For the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade Serbia, Moore was again selected to race Australia's double scull but now partnered with Cormac Kennedy-Leverett. They placed 5th in their heat but rowed to 2nd place in the repechage to proceed through to the quarter-finals.[3] Ultimately they finished 3rd in D final for an overall 21st place world ranking from the regatta.[3]
