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 both the gold medal-winning team at the 2022 and 2026 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and is a nine-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.
Gymnastics career 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.
During his junior career, Tulloch 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.
2014 In 2014, Tulloch won a silver medal at the Ljubljana World Challenge Cup on still rings. 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.
2015 In 2015 Tulloch was selected to attend the 2015 European Championships where he qualified for the still rings final, finishing eighth. He later competed at the Osijek World Challenge Cup and won bronze on still rings.
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. 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. Later he was selected to compete at the 2017 World Championships and qualified for the still rings final, placing eighth.
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. On the vault, he won silver. Later at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Tulloch won bronze on still rings and silver as part of the team.
2019 At the Baku World Cup, Tulloch took gold on the still rings. He competed at the 2019 European Championships, qualifying for the still rings and vault finals, and placing fourth and eighth respectively. Later that year he also competed at the Doha and Cottbus World Cups, qualifying for the still rings finals but placing eighth and sixth.
2021 Tulloch placed fifth in the vault final at the 2021 European Championships. He later won silver on vault at the Koper World Challenge Cup. 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.
2022 At the Cottbus World Cup Tulloch took bronze on still rings and finished sixth on vault. At the Varna World Challenge Cup Tulloch took silver on still rings and bronze on vault. 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. He also retained his gold title on still rings.
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 y took gold. Individually, Tulloch also took bronze in the still rings final and finished seventh on vault.
At the 2022 World Championships, Tulloch, Joe Fraser, James Hall, Jake Jarman and Giarnni Regini-Moran took team bronze. This was Britain's second world medal in the team event and also confirmed their spot at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Tulloch also took bronze in the still rings final.
2023 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. He then competed alongside Max Whitlock, James Hall, Jake Jarman and Harry Hepworth at the 2023 World Championships. This was Tullochs fifth World Championships and the team finished in fourth place. He later took gold on still rings at the Paris World Challenge Cup.
2024 In 2024 Tulloch attended the Cairo and Cottbus World Cups, reaching the still rings finals on both occasions, finishing eighth and sixth respectively. He next attended the 2024 European Championships where the team finished second and individually he placed sixth on still rings. In June, Tulloch was named as a reserve for the 2024 Summer Olympic team and would miss out on his third consecutive games.
2025 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. In late September Tulloch was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2025 World Championships.
Competitive history +Competitive history of Courtney TullochYearEvent 2012British Championships 2014Ljubljana World Challenge Cup World Championships 4 6 2015British Championships European Championships 8 Osijek World Challenge Cup 2016British Championships European Championships 4 2017British Championships European Championships World Championships 8 2018 Commonwealth Games European Championships Cottbus World Cup 7 2019Melbourne World Cup 5 Baku World Cup European Championships 5 8 Doha World Cup 8 Cottbus World Cup 6 2020Melbourne World Cup 5 Baku World Cup 5 6 2021British Championships European Championships 5 Koper World Challenge Cup 6 World Championships 8 6 2022Cottbus World Cup 6 British Championships Varna World Challenge Cup Commonwealth Games European Championships 7 World Championships 2023British Championships European Championships 6 World Championships 4 Paris World Challenge Cup 2024Cairo World Cup 8 Cottbus World Cup 6 British Championships European Championships 6 2025Cottbus World Cup British Championships European Championships 5 5 World Championships 2026 Antalya World Cup British Championships European Championships 4
Eponymous skills Tulloch is credited with two eponymous skills on rings. The Tulloch and Tulloch II. +ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficultyCompetition completedStill 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
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