Courtney Tulloch

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Courtney Tulloch
European Championships 2022-08-21 Senior Men Apparatus finals Victory ceremony (Norman Seibert) - DSC 3673 (cropped).jpg
Personal information
Full nameCourtney James Matthew Winston Tulloch
Born (1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 (age 29)
Lewisham, England [1]
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in) [2]
Gymnastics career
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented

(2012–present)
Club South Essex Gymnastics Club
Eponymous skills Tulloch
Tulloch II
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Liverpool Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Liverpool Rings
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Munich Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Bern Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Cluj-Napoca Rings
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Glasgow Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Rimini Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Glasgow Rings
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Munich Rings
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Antalya Team
FIG World Cup
Event1st2nd3rd
Apparatus World Cup101
World Challenge Cup021
Total122
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Rings
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Rings
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Vault

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

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He became the first British gymnast ever to win a world 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. He was also part of the gold medal-winning team at the 2022 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and is a eight-time European medallist.

Additionally Tulloch was back to back Commonwealth Games champion in the team event and on rings in 2018 and 2022, and a silver medallist on vault in 2018, representing England.

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. He is part of the Castore Sportswear Academy. [3]

Junior gymnastics 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 gymnastics career

2013-2014

In 2013, he won a silver medal at the World Cup in Ljubljana on the rings. [4]

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. The team placed fourth and Tulloch also placed sixth in the still rings final. [5]

2015

In 2015 Tulloch was selected to attend the 2015 European Championships where he qualified for the still rings final, finishing eighth. [6] He later competed at the Osijek World Challenge Cup and won bronze on still rings. [7]

2016

Tulloch competed at the 2016 European Championships in Bern, alongside Daniel Purvis, Louis Smith, Kristian Thomas and Nile Wilson, where the team won silver and Tulloch finished fourth in the still rings final. [8] This was his first European medal.

2017

In 2017 Tulloch won Britain's first major international rings medal with silver at the European Gymnastics in Cluj, Romania. [9] Later he was selected to compete at the 2017 World Championships and qualified for the still rings final, placing eighth. [7]

2018

Tulloch was selected to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. He took gold on still rings and also won gold with the men's team. [10] [11] On the vault, he won silver. [12] Later at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Tulloch won bronze on still rings and silver as part of the team. [13] [14]

2019

At the Baku World Cup Tulloch took gold on the still rings. [7] He competed at the 2019 European Championships, qualifying for the still rings and vault finals, and placing fourth and eight respectively. [7] Later that year he also competed at the Doha and Cottbus World Cups, qualifying for the still rings finals but placing eighth and sixth. [7]

2021

Tulloch placed fifth in the vault final at the 2021 European Championships. [15] He later won silver on vault at the Koper World Challenge Cup. [7] Tulloch was then selected to represent Great Britain at the 2021 World Championships. He qualified for the still rings and vault finals where he placed eighth and sixth. [16]

2022

At the Cottbus World Cup Tulloch took bronze on still rings and finished sixth on vault. [7] At the Varna World Challenge Cup Tulloch took silver on still rings and bronze on vault. [7] He was then selected into the English team that won a third consecutive gold (Tullochs second) in the team competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [17] He also retained his gold title on still rings. [18]

Tulloch was then selected into the team for the 2022 European Championships, alongside James Hall, Joe Fraser,Jake Jarman and Giarnni Regini-Moran where they took gold. [19] Individually Tulloch also took bronze in the still rings final and finished seventh on vault. [20]

At the 2022 World Championships, Tulloch, Joe Fraser, James Hall, Jake Jarman and Giarnni Regini-Moran took team bronze. [21] This was Britain's second world medal in the team event and also confirmed their spot at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [21] Tulloch also took bronze in the still rings final. [22]

2023

Tulloch competed alongside Max Whitlock, James Hall, Jake Jarman and Harry Hepworth at the 2023 World Championships, his fifth worlds. [23] The team finished in fourth place. [23] He later took gold on still rings at the Paris World Challenge Cup. [7]

2024

In 2024 Tulloch attended the Cairo and Cottbus World Cups, reaching the still rings finals on both occasions, finishing eighth and sixth respectively. [7]

2025

Tulloch was selected to represent Britain at the 2025 European Championships as an individual athlete, where he finished fifth in the rings final alongside teammate Harry Hepworth. [24] In late September Tulloch was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2025 World Championships. [25]

Competitive history

Competitive history of Courtney Tulloch at the senior level [7]
YearEventTeamAAFXPHSRVTPBHB
2014 World Championships 46
2015
European Championships 8
Osijek World Challenge Cup Bronze medal icon.svg
2016 European Championships Silver medal icon.svg4
2017 European Championships Silver medal icon.svg
World Championships 8
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
European Championships Silver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Cottbus World Cup 7
2019 Melbourne World Cup 5
Baku World Cup Gold medal icon.svg
European Championships 58
Doha World Cup 8
Cottbus World Cup 6
2020 Baku World Cup
Melbourne World Cup 5
2021 European Championships 5
Koper World Challenge Cup 6Silver medal icon.svg
World Championships 86
2022 Cottbus World Cup Bronze medal icon.svg6
Varna World Challenge Cup Silver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Commonwealth Games Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
European Championships Gold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg7
World Championships Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
2023 World Championships 4
Paris World Challenge Cup Gold medal icon.svg
2024 Cairo World Cup 8
Cottbus World Cup 6
2025 Cottbus World Cup
European Championships 55

Skills

Tulloch is credited with two eponymous skill on rings. The Tulloch and Tulloch II.

ApparatusNameDescription Difficulty Competition completed
Still RingsTullochAzarian to inverted Swallow (2 s.)F (0.6)
Tulloch IIFrom hang vertical pull up, slowly with straight arms through cross to inverted swallow (2 s.)G (0.7)

References

  1. Courtney Tulloch profile, British Gymnastics.
  2. "Courtney TULLOCH". results.gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 12 April 2023.[ dead link ]
  3. "Courtney Tulloch - Castore". castore.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  4. "Finals, MAG, Rings / Krogi moški". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
  5. Association, Press (7 October 2014). "Great Britain's men fourth at world artistic gymnastic championships". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  6. Association, Press (18 April 2015). "Britain's Louis Smith wins pommel gold at European Championships". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "TULLOCH Courtney - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  8. "European Gymnastics Championships 2016: Nile Wilson claims high bar gold". BBC Sport. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  9. "GB's Tulloch wins European rings silver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  10. Tucker, Craig (8 April 2018). "Commonwealth Games: Maidstone gymnast Courtney Tulloch beats Nile Wilson on rings to win second gold medal". Kent Online.
  11. "Commonwealth Games: Day One medal round-up". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  12. "Australia's Remkes wins gold despite Tulloch brilliance". BBC Sport. 9 April 2018.
  13. "European Championships 2018: Dominick Cunningham wins gold as Max Whitlock misses out". BBC Sport. 12 August 2018.
  14. "High bar falls cost British gymnasts as Russia takes European team gold". ESPN. 11 August 2018.
  15. "European Artistic Championships LIVE: Watch Morgan & Tulloch in Basel, Switzerland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  16. "Courtney Tulloch 6th in world vault final". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  17. "Commonwealth Games: England win landmark third team gymnastics gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  18. "'The ringmaster' - England's Tulloch wins gold in the rings". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  19. "British men crowned champions of Europe". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  20. "Jake and Joe win European titles as GB take record medal haul". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  21. 1 2 "Gymnastics World Championships 2022: GB men win bronze in team event". BBC Sport. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  22. "World gold for Giarnni Regini-Moran and bronze for Courtney Tulloch as apparatus finals begin". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  23. 1 2 "World Gymnastics Championships: Great Britain finish fourth as Japan win men's team gold". BBC Sport. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  24. "Luke Whitehouse wins historic European floor hat-trick". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  25. "GB team set for Jakarta gymnastics World Championships". British Gymnastics . 23 September 2025.