35 Facts About Courtney Kupets

Courtney Anne Kupets Carter was born on July 27,1986 and is an American former artistic gymnast.

Courtney Kupets is a two-time Olympic medalist from the 2004 Olympics, the 2002 world champion on the uneven bars, the 2003 US national all-around champion, and the 2004 US national all-around co-champion.

Courtney Kupets is a member of the gold medal-winning US team at the 2003 World Championships.

On May 9,2017, Courtney Kupets-Carter was announced as the new head coach of the Georgia Gym Dogs.

Courtney Kupets was relieved as head coach of Georgia Gymnastics on April 19,2024.

Courtney Kupets was raised in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and trained at Hill's Gymnastics, the former gym of Olympians Dominique Dawes and Elise Ray.

Courtney Kupets began gymnastics in 1989, earned a place on USA Gymnastics' TOPs developmental team in 1994, and reached the elite level in 1999.

In 2002, her first year as a senior competitor, Courtney Kupets placed second at the American Cup, behind 2000 Olympian Tasha Schwikert, and placed eighth at Nationals.

Courtney Kupets was named to the US team for the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, where she won the uneven bars final over five-time defending champion Svetlana Khorkina.

In 2003, Courtney Kupets won the US Classic and then became the national champion for the first time.

Courtney Kupets was named to the US team for the 2003 World Championships in Anaheim, California, and competed well in the qualifying round, contributing to the USA's high placement and qualifying to the all-around and uneven bars finals.

Courtney Kupets was still considered a member of the squad and received credit and a medal for her contributions in the preliminaries.

Courtney Kupets was expected to compete on bars, beam and floor in the team final; but a leg injury caused her to be suddenly withdrawn from the beam lineup.

Mohini Bhardwaj took her place on the event, and Courtney Kupets competed only on bars and floor in the team final.

Courtney Kupets received the team's highest score on bars, putting the US temporarily ahead of eventual winner Romania in the standings.

Courtney Kupets competed in the individual all-around after placing fourth, with a total score of 37.937, in the qualifying round.

Courtney Kupets finished fifth in the balance beam final with a score of 9.375.

In 2005, Courtney Kupets joined the University of Georgia gymnastics team on a full athletic scholarship.

At the 2007 Southeastern Conference Championships, Courtney Kupets tied teammate Katie Heenan for the all-around gold with a total of 39.600, and earned the vault and bars titles with scores of 9.975 and 9.925, respectively.

Courtney Kupets scored 39.75 on Day 1, with a 9.9 on beam and 9.95 on bars, floor, and vault, earning her second consecutive NCAA all-around title.

Courtney Kupets won the individual vault title, along with silver medals on bars and floor and a bronze on beam.

Courtney Kupets was the only gymnast to medal on all four events.

Courtney Kupets was out for the remainder of the season.

At the start of 2009, Courtney Kupets was named SEC Gymnast of the Week for the first four weeks of the season and won the all-around at seven straight meets.

Courtney Kupets led Georgia to a win at Regionals with a 10.00 on vault, giving her at least one 10 on each apparatus in the 2009 season.

At the 2009 NCAA Championships, Courtney Kupets became national all-around champion for a record-tying third time, earning a 10 on beam and defeating runner-up Kristina Baskett of Utah with a total score of 39.800.

Courtney Kupets scored perfect 10s on the uneven bars and vault, bringing her season total to seven and her career total to eight.

Courtney Kupets is the first NCAA gymnast ever to win the all-around and every individual event.

Courtney Kupets joined the Las Vegas based dance and acrobatics show Le Reve in 2014.

Courtney Kupets joined her husband, Chris Carter, and sister Ashley as a performer in the show.

Also in 2016, Courtney Kupets appeared on NBC's digital program, The Daily Dismount, as a gymnastics commentator for NBC's Olympic coverage.

Courtney Kupets was named head coach of University of Georgia's women's gymnastics team in May 2017.

Courtney Kupets is distantly related to the 1947 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Lujack.

Courtney Kupets is cousins with current Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Ben Skowronek.

Courtney Kupets married Chris Carter, a former acrobatic gymnast for Great Britain, in 2014.