Courtney Tulloch

Courtney James Matthew Winston Tulloch (born 6 October 1995) is a currently active English international artistic gymnast, representing Great Britain and England since 2012, and is a specialist in still rings and vault.

Courtney Tulloch
Tulloch at the 2015 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameCourtney James Matthew Winston Tulloch
Country represented Great Britain
 England
Born (1995-10-06) 6 October 1995
Lewisham, England[1]
HometownMaidstone, Kent
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[2]
DisciplineMen's Artistic Gymnastics
LevelSenior International
Years on national team2012–present (GBR)
ClubSouth Essex gymnastics club
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 LiverpoolTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 LiverpoolRings
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 BernTeam
Silver medal – second place2017 Cluj-NapocaRings
Silver medal – second place2018 GlasgowTeam
Bronze medal – third place2018 GlasgowRings
Bronze medal – third place2022 MunichRings
Bronze medal – third place2023 AntalyaTeam
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 1 0 1
World Challenge Cup 0 2 1
Total 1 2 2
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold CoastTeam
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold CoastRings
Gold medal – first place2022 BirminghamTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 BirminghamRings
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold CoastVault

Tulloch is the double Commonwealth Games champion on rings in 2018 and 2022, and a silver medallist on vault in 2018, all representing England. He was also part of the gold medal-winning England team at the Commonwealth Games of 2018 and 2022.

Representing Great Britain, he was part of the gold medal-winning team at the 2022 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and a three-time European medal winner on rings.

In November 2022 he became the first British gymnast ever to win a global medal on rings, a bronze, at the 2022 World Championships, having helped Great Britain to bronze, and Olympic qualification, in the team event days earlier.

Background

Tulloch trains at South Essex Gymnastics Club under coaches Anthony Wise & Scott Hann. He used to train at Pegasus Gymnastics Club in Maidstone under coaches Ovi Rugina & Ionut Trandaburu.

Junior career

During his junior career he was a two time all-around champion at the UK School Games and won several titles on rings. He was also part of the Junior British team that won the European title at the 2012 European Championships in Montpellier, as well as winning a gold medal on the rings.

Senior career

In 2013, he won a silver medal at the World Cup in Ljubljana on the rings.[3]

In 2014, he was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China where he helped the men's team qualify to the final with performances on pommel horse, rings and parallel bars. He also qualified in 5th place for the rings final with a score of 15.700.

In 2018, he was selected to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. He took gold in the rings,[4] and also won gold in the men's artistic team all-around.[5] In the vault, he won silver.[6]

At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Tulloch won a bronze in the rings.[7] He also won a silver as part of the team.[8]

Tulloch was part of the England team that won gold in the team competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[9]

Tulloch is credited with an eponymous skill with an 'F' difficulty classification.

He is part of the Castore Sportswear Academy.[10]

References
  1. Courtney Tulloch profile, British Gymnastics.
  2. "Courtney TULLOCH". Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. "Finals, MAG, Rings / Krogi moški". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
  4. Tucker, Craig (8 April 2018). "Commonwealth Games: Maidstone gymnast Courtney Tulloch beats Nile Wilson on rings to win second gold medal". Kent Online.
  5. "Commonwealth Games: Day One medal round-up". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  6. "Australia's Remkes wins gold despite Tulloch brilliance". BBC Sport. 9 April 2018.
  7. "European Championships 2018: Dominick Cunningham wins gold as Max Whitlock misses out". BBC Sport. 12 August 2018.
  8. "High bar falls cost British gymnasts as Russia takes European team gold". ESPN. 11 August 2018.
  9. "Commonwealth Games: England win landmark third team gymnastics gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  10. "Courtney Tulloch - Castore". castore.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
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