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Courtney Tulloch
Courtney Tulloch at the 2015 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameCourtney Tulloch
Country represented Great Britain
 England
Born (1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 (age 29)
Lewisham, England[1]
HometownMaidstone, Kent
DisciplineMen's Artistic Gymnastics
LevelSenior International
ClubPegasus Gym Club
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Bern Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Cluj-Napoca Rings
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Rings
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Rings
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Vault

Courtney James Matthew Winston Tulloch (born 6 October 1995) is a British elite international artistic gymnast. Representing England, he is the Commonwealth Games Champion on rings, and a silver medallist on vault. Tulloch trains at Pegasus Gym Club under coach 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.[2]

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,[3] and also won gold in the men's artistic team all-around.[4] In the vault, he won silver.[5]

At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Tulloch won a bronze in the rings.[6] He also won a silver as part of the team.[7]

He is part of the Castore Sportswear Academy.[8]

References

  1. ^ Courtney Tulloch profile, British Gymnastics.
  2. ^ "Finals, MAG, Rings / Krogi moški". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Tucker, Craig (8 April 2018). "Commonwealth Games: Maidstone gymnast Courtney Tulloch beats Nile Wilson on rings to win second gold medal". Kent Online.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Day One medal round-up". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Australia's Remkes wins gold despite Tulloch brilliance". BBC Sport. 9 April 2018.
  6. ^ "European Championships 2018: Dominick Cunningham wins gold as Max Whitlock misses out". BBC Sport. 12 August 2018.
  7. ^ "High bar falls cost British gymnasts as Russia takes European team gold". ESPN. 11 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Courtney Tulloch - Castore". castore.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2018.