Courtney McGregor
Courtney McGregor | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Courtney Louise McGregor | ||||||||||||||
Country represented | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Born | Christchurch, New Zealand | 17 November 1998||||||||||||||
Hometown | Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite (New Zealand national team) | ||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
Club | Christchurch School of Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Mary Wright | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Courtney Louise McGregor (born artistic gymnast who represented New Zealand. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and retired in 2020.
17 November 1998) is a retiredEarly life and education
McGregor was born in 1998 in Christchurch, where she lived until May 2016.[1] Her parents are Tina and Russell McGregor.[2] Of Māori descent, she is affiliated with the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi.[3] She attended Villa Maria College and later switched to The Correspondence School.[4]
Gymnastics career
McGregor started gymnastics at age six.[4] Her first international competitions were the 2012 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in Everett, Washington, and the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney.[4] She competed at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China,[5] and also won a bronze medal in the vault at the 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships.[1][4]
She qualified for the Olympics at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event (known as Aquece Rio 2016) in Rio de Janeiro.[1] She was the first artistic gymnast to compete for New Zealand since Laura Robertson at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[4] At 17, McGregor was New Zealand's youngest Olympic competitor in 2016.[6] She finished 41st in the all-around in qualifications, with a best placing of 13th on vault.[7]
College career
MacGregor accepted an athletic scholarship at Boise State University and enrolled there in May 2016 to study mathematics and philosophy.[4][6] Her Christchurch-born coach, Mary Wright, continued to train her in Boise.[6]
She won the 2019 all-around competition in the Mountain West conference (to which Boise State belongs). She was forced to sit out the 2020 season after rupturing her Achilles tendon [8] and subsequently announced her retirement from gymnastics.[9]
References
- ^ a b c "McGregor continues to wow after winning a ticket to Rio". The Press. 20 April 2016. p. B13. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ Barclay, Chris (21 April 2016). "Aspiring Olympian Courtney McGregor awaits NZOC call on Rio". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics". Te Karere. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Christchurch gymnast Courtney McGregor wins bronze before Olympic test event". The Press. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "2014 World Gymnastics Championships athletes - Courtney Mcgregor". longinestiming.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ a b c Barclay, Chris (3 August 2016). "McGregor ready to vault into the limelight at Rio Olympics". The Press. p. B20. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "Kiwi gymnast Courtney McGregor upgraded to 13th in vault". stuff.co.nz. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Counts, Ron. "One of Boise State's top athletes is out for the season — and the Olympics — with injury".
- ^ @courtneymcgym (27 May 2020). "Untitled" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- 1998 births
- Living people
- New Zealand female artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Christchurch
- People educated at Villa Maria College, Christchurch
- People educated at Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu
- Boise State University people
- Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts of New Zealand
- Ngāti Kahungunu
- New Zealand Māori sportspeople
- Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand