Courtney McGregor
New Zealand artistic gymnast
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Courtney Louise McGregor (born 17 November 1998) is a New Zealand artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and retired in 2020 before returning to competition in 2025.
represented
New Zealand (2014–2019, 2025–present)
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McGregor at the 2026 Commonwealth Games | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Courtney Louise McGregor | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1998 Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Country represented | New Zealand (2014–2019, 2025–present) | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Christchurch School of Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Head coach | Mary Wright | ||||||||||||||
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Early life and education
McGregor was born in 1998 in Christchurch, where she lived until May 2016.[1] Her parents are Tina and Russell McGregor.[2] Of Māori descent, she is affiliated with the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi.[3] She attended Villa Maria College and later switched to The Correspondence School.[4]
Gymnastics career
McGregor started gymnastics at age six.[4] Her first international competitions were the 2012 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in Everett, Washington, and the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney.[4] She competed at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China,[5] and also won a bronze medal in the vault at the 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships.[1][4]
She qualified for the Olympics at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event (known as Aquece Rio 2016) in Rio de Janeiro.[1] She was the first artistic gymnast to compete for New Zealand since Laura Robertson at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[4] At 17, McGregor was New Zealand's youngest Olympic competitor in 2016.[6] She finished 41st in the all-around in qualifications, with a best placing of 13th on vault.[7]
College career
MacGregor accepted an athletic scholarship at Boise State University and enrolled there in May 2016 to study mathematics and philosophy.[4][6] Her Christchurch-born coach, Mary Wright, continued to train her in Boise.[6]
She won the 2019 all-around competition for the Mountain West Conference.[8] She was forced to sit out the 2020 season after rupturing her Achilles tendon [9] and subsequently announced her retirement from gymnastics.[10]
