Courtney McGregor facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Courtney McGregor |
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| Full name | Courtney Louise McGregor | |||||||||||||
| Country represented |  New Zealand |
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| Born | 17 November 1998 Christchurch, New Zealand |
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2014 | |||||||||||||
| Club | Christchurch School of Gymnastics | |||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Mary Wright | |||||||||||||
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Courtney Louise McGregor, born on November 17, 1998, is a talented artistic gymnast from New Zealand. She competed for her country in the 2016 Summer Olympics and stopped competing in 2020.
Early Life and School
Courtney McGregor was born in 1998 in Christchurch, New Zealand. She lived there until May 2016. Her parents are Tina and Russell McGregor. Courtney is also part of the Māori people, connected to the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi (which is like a tribe or family group). She went to Villa Maria College and later studied through The Correspondence School.
Gymnastics Journey
Courtney started gymnastics when she was six years old. Her first big international competitions were the 2012 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in Everett, Washington, and the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney.
She competed at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China. She also won a bronze medal in the vault event at the 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships.
Olympic Dream
Courtney earned her spot for the Olympics at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro. She was the first artistic gymnast from New Zealand to compete in the Olympics since Laura Robertson in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
At 17 years old, Courtney was New Zealand's youngest Olympic athlete in 2016. She finished 41st overall in the qualifying rounds. Her best performance was 13th place on the vault.
College Gymnastics
After the Olympics, Courtney accepted a sports scholarship to Boise State University in the United States. She started studying mathematics and philosophy there in May 2016. Her coach from Christchurch, Mary Wright, continued to train her in Boise.
In 2019, Courtney won the all-around competition for the Mountain West Conference. She had to miss the 2020 season because she injured her Achilles tendon. After this injury, she announced that she was retiring from gymnastics.
