Lucia Moris

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| full_name = Lucia William Moris

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| nationality = South Sudanese

| sport = Track and Field

| event = 100m, 200m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|3|23|df=yes}}

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Lucia William Moris (born 23 March 2001) is an athlete from South Sudan who specialises in the 100 and 200 metre races.{{Cite web |title=Athletics - MORIS Lucia |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1413397-moris-lucia.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=16 August 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |language=en-us |archive-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816225507/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1413397-moris-lucia.htm}}

Biography

In June 2021, under the universality rule within the Olympic qualifying criteria which allows smaller nations with developing sports programs to send representatives to the competition, she was confirmed as being selected for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |url=https://www.spin.ph/life/guide/fil-am-trackster-kristina-knott-qualifies-for-the-2020-tokyo-olympics-a2442-20210623 |title=Kristina Knott sprints her way to Tokyo Olympics |website=Spin.ph}} In November 2019, prior to the original date of the games, Moris was training in Japan with the South Sudan squad in the city of Maebashi in preparation for the event and was able to stay there and train during the Covid-19 pandemic with the city sponsoring their extended stay. Speaking to Vice, Moris was quoted as saying, “It’s very different from home, and I miss my family and friends, but I want to compete at the highest level.”{{Cite web |url=https://www.aynews-sd.com/south-sudan-athletes-to-keep-training-in-japan-despite-tokyo-2020-postponement/amp/ |title=South Sudan athletes to keep training in Japan despite Tokyo 2020 postponement – AYN NEWS |access-date=23 June 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203814/https://www.aynews-sd.com/south-sudan-athletes-to-keep-training-in-japan-despite-tokyo-2020-postponement/amp/ |url-status=usurped}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/tokyo-olympics-south-sudan/ |title=These Athletes Came to Japan in 2019 To Train for the Games. They're Still Stuck There |website=Vice.com}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2020-south-sudan-idUSKBN2000CT |title=South Sudan Olympic athlete says he plans to take home message of peace |newspaper=Reuters |date=6 February 2020 |last1=Takenaka |first1=Kiyoshi}} At the games she was given the honour of being a flag bearer for her nation in the opening ceremony.{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/news/athletics-flag-bearers-tokyo-olympic-opening-ceremony |title=Athletics flag bearers help to light up Olympic Opening Ceremony in Tokyo |website=Worldathletics.org |access-date=7 July 2022}}

Moris qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, but did not finish the first preliminary heat of the women's 100m after falling injured during the race.{{Cite news |last=Kilgore |first=Adam |date=2024-08-02 |title=An Olympic sprinter fell injured. So her opponent turned back. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/08/02/olympics-track-sprinters-injury-pictures/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}