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Courtney Tulloch
Tulloch at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameCourtney James Matthew Winston Tulloch
Born (1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 (age 30)
Lewisham, England[1]
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
United Kingdom Great Britain
England England
(2012–present)
ClubSouth Essex Gymnastics Club
Eponymous skillsTulloch
Tulloch II
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 LiverpoolTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 LiverpoolRings
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 BernTeam
Silver medal – second place2017 Cluj-NapocaRings
Silver medal – second place2018 GlasgowTeam
Silver medal – second place2024 RiminiTeam
Bronze medal – third place2018 GlasgowRings
Bronze medal – third place2022 MunichRings
Bronze medal – third place2023 AntalyaTeam
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 1 1 1
World Challenge Cup 1 2 1
Total 2 3 2
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold CoastTeam
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold CoastRings
Gold medal – first place2022 BirminghamTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 BirminghamRings
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold CoastVault

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

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 an 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

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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

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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

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2014

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In 2014, Tulloch won a silver medal at the Ljubljana World Challenge Cup on still rings.[4] He was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2014 World Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China where he helped the men's team qualify to the final with performances on pommel horse, still rings and parallel bars. The team placed fourth and Tulloch also placed sixth in the still rings final.[5]

2015

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 the[19] y took gold.[20] Individually Tulloch also took bronze in the still rings final and finished seventh on vault.[21]

At the 2022 World Championships, Tulloch, Joe Fraser, James Hall, Jake Jarman and Giarnni Regini-Moran took team bronze.[22] This was Britain's second world medal in the team event and also confirmed their spot at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[22] Tulloch also took bronze in the still rings final.[23]

2023

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Tulloch was part of the men's team which took bronze at the 2023 European Championships which also included Jake Jarman, Joshua Nathan, Adam Tobin and Luke Whitehouse.[24] He then competed alongside Max Whitlock, James Hall, Jake Jarman and Harry Hepworth at the 2023 World Championships.[25] This was Tullochs fifth World Championships and the team finished in fourth place.[25] He later took gold on still rings at the Paris World Challenge Cup.[7]

2024

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In 2024 Tulloch attended the Cairo and Cottbus World Cups, reaching the still rings finals on both occasions, finishing eighth and sixth respectively.[7] He next attended the 2024 European Championships where the team finished second and individually he placed sixth on still rings.[26] In June Tulloch was named as a reserve for the 2024 Summer Olympic team and would miss out on his third consecutive games.[19]

2025

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Tulloch was selected to represent Britain for his tenth European Championships as an individual athlete, where he finished fifth in the rings final alongside teammate Harry Hepworth.[27] In late September Tulloch was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2025 World Championships.[28]

Competitive history

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Competitive history of Courtney Tulloch
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2012 British Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014 Ljubljana World Challenge Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 4 6
2015
British Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 8
Osijek World Challenge Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2016 British Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4
2017 British Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 8
2018 Commonwealth Games 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Cottbus World Cup 7
2019 Melbourne World Cup 5
Baku World Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 5 8
Doha World Cup 8
Cottbus World Cup 6
2020 Baku World Cup
Melbourne World Cup 5
2021 British Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 5
Koper World Challenge Cup 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 8 6
2022 Cottbus World Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6
British Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Varna World Challenge Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Commonwealth Games1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)7
World Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023 British Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)6
World Championships4
Paris World Challenge Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024 Cairo World Cup8
Cottbus World Cup6
British Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)6
2025 Cottbus World Cup
British Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships55
World ChampionshipsR1
2026 Antalya World Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
British Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Skills

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

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty Competition completed
Still Rings Tulloch Azarian to inverted Swallow (2 s.) F (0.6) 2014 World Championships
Tulloch II From hang vertical pull up, slowly with straight arms through cross to inverted swallow (2 s.) G (0.7) 2018 European Championships

References

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  1. ↑ Courtney Tulloch profile, British Gymnastics.
  2. ↑ "Courtney TULLOCH". 2018 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Courtney Tulloch - Castore". castore.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Finals, MAG, Rings / Krogi moški".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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 "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. 1 2 "Max Whitlock: British gymnast has checked online he is going for a record at Paris 2024". BBC Sport. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  20. ↑ "British men crowned champions of Europe". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  21. ↑ "Jake and Joe win European titles as GB take record medal haul". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  22. 1 2 "Gymnastics World Championships 2022: GB men win bronze in team event". BBC Sport. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  23. ↑ "World gold for Giarnni Regini-Moran and bronze for Courtney Tulloch as apparatus finals begin". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  24. ↑ "British men take team bronze at the European Championship". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  25. 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.
  26. ↑ "British men win European team silver". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  27. ↑ "Luke Whitehouse wins historic European floor hat-trick". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  28. ↑ "GB team set for Jakarta gymnastics World Championships". British Gymnastics. 23 September 2025.
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