Courtney McGregor

Courtney McGregor
— Gymnast ♀ —
Full name Courtney Louise McGregor
Country represented  New Zealand
Born (1998-11-17) 17 November 1998
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

Courtney McGregor (born 17 November 1998) is a New Zealand representative female artistic gymnast. She has qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics but her selection is awaiting confirmation by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.

Early life and education

McGregor was born in 1998 in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she still resides.[1] She attended Villa Maria College and later switched to The Correspondence School.[2] She has been awarded a scholarship at Boise State University, where she will start in May 2016.[2]

Gymnastics

McGregor started gymnastics at age six.[2] When she was younger, she was inspired by the American artistic gymnast Shawn Johnson. Having grown older, she is inspired by American artistic gymnast Bailie Key and New Zealand flatwater canoer Lisa Carrington.[3] Her first international appearances were the 2012 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in Everett, Washington, and the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney.[2] She competed at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China.[4] She won a bronze medal in the vault at the 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships.[1][2] A week later, she met the qualifications for the 2016 Summer Olympics at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event (known as Aquece Rio 2016) in Rio de Janeiro; she now needs to gain approval by the New Zealand Olympic Committee to be sent to the Olympics.[1] She would be the first artistic gymnast to compete for New Zealand since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where Laura Robertson represented the country.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "McGregor continues to wow after winning a ticket to Rio". The Press. 20 April 2016. p. B13. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Christchurch gymnast Courtney McGregor wins bronze before Olympic test event". The Press. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Accuracy and Courtney McGregor and Charlotte Sullivan". Inspiration Hub. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "2014 World Gymnastics Championships athletes - Courtney Mcgregor". longinestiming.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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