Morgan Elizabeth Hurd was born on July 18,2001 and is a retired American artistic gymnast and a five-time member of the United States women's national team.
44 Facts About Morgan Hurd
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Morgan Hurd is the 2017 World all-around champion and balance beam silver medalist and the 2018 World all-around bronze medalist and floor exercise silver medalist.
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Morgan Hurd has won four medals at the USA Gymnastics National Championships during her senior career and is a two-time American Cup champion.
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Morgan Hurd was a member of the gold-medal winning American teams at the 2018 World Championships and the 2019 Pan American Games.
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Morgan Hurd started training at First State Gymnastics when she was in fifth grade.
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Morgan Hurd lived in Middletown, Delaware with her mother, Sherri.
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Morgan Hurd is one of the rare elite gymnasts to wear glasses during competition.
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Morgan Hurd competed in the Nastia Liukin Cup in 2014, where she placed 14th as a level 10.
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At the US Classic, Morgan Hurd placed 18th behind future fellow National Team member Victoria Nguyen.
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In 2015, Morgan Hurd started with the US Classic where she finished 9th on All-Around and 2nd on Uneven Bars.
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In 2016, Morgan Hurd competed at the American Classic where she finished 1st in the All-Around.
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Morgan Hurd competed next at the US Secret Classic where she placed 5th in the All-Around, 1st on Floor Exercise, and 2nd on the Uneven Bars.
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Morgan Hurd made her international debut at the 2017 Stuttgart World Cup, where she finished third in the all-around behind Tabea Alt of Germany and Angelina Melnikova of Russia.
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In September, Morgan Hurd was selected to represent the United States at the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal alongside Ragan Smith, Jade Carey, and Ashton Locklear.
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At the World Championships in Montreal, Morgan Hurd started out on the vault in qualifications, receiving a 14.466.
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Morgan Hurd ended qualifications on floor, where she showed great skills and artistry, but fell on her double full for a score of 12.533.
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On December 11,2017, Morgan Hurd was selected to represent the United States at the 2018 American Cup.
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Morgan Hurd competed alongside first-year senior Maile O'Keefe and finished first overall with a score of 56.599.
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On July 28, Morgan Hurd competed at the 2018 US Classic where she finished third in the all-around behind Simone Biles and Riley McCusker, despite falling off the balance beam.
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Morgan Hurd finished third on uneven bars and floor exercise.
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Morgan Hurd placed fourth on balance beam, making her and Biles the only competitors to place in the top four on every event they competed.
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Morgan Hurd was named to the national team for the third year in a row.
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Morgan Hurd contributed scores of 14.633,14.433, and 12.966 respectively towards the USA's team total.
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Morgan Hurd recovered with a strong floor exercise performance to win the bronze medal behind Biles and Mai Murakami of Japan.
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Morgan Hurd then won the silver medal on floor exercise behind Biles and ahead of 2017 World champion Murakami and 2017 European champion Melnikova.
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In June, after the conclusion of the American Classic, Morgan Hurd was named as one of the eight athletes being considered for the team to compete at the 2019 Pan American Games along with Sloane Blakely, Kara Eaker, Aleah Finnegan, Shilese Jones, Sunisa Lee, Riley McCusker, and Leanne Wong.
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On July 9, it was announced that Morgan Hurd would be featured in a year-long documentary series on the Olympic Channel titled All Around, alongside Angelina Melnikova of Russia and Chen Yile of China, which will follow their journeys and training leading up to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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At the 2019 GK US Classic in July, Morgan Hurd finished sixth in the all-around behind Simone Biles, McCusker, Grace McCallum, Eaker, and Wong.
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Morgan Hurd placed first on bars, tied for eighth on beam with Sunisa Lee, and placed eleventh on floor.
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At the Pan American Games, Morgan Hurd competed on all four events, contributing counting scores on vault and bars to USA's gold medal-winning performance in the team final.
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On bars, Morgan Hurd tied Wong's score of 14.250, but Wong qualified for the final because she had a higher execution score.
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At the 2019 US National Championships, Morgan Hurd competed on all four events on the first day of competition, but fell while performing on floor exercise and ended the night in eighth place in the all-around.
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In late 2019 Morgan Hurd was selected to represent the USA at the American Cup in March 2020 in Milwaukee.
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Morgan Hurd was joined by first year senior Kayla DiCello.
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Morgan Hurd finished in first place ahead of DiCello and Hitomi Hatakeda of Japan, with a score of 55.832 in the all-around; she recorded the highest score on bars, the second-highest score on floor exercise, and the third-highest score on vault and balance beam.
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Morgan Hurd debuted some new skills, such as the Downie on uneven bars, and brought back skills which she had previously stopped performing, most notably her tucked full-in dismount on beam.
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Morgan Hurd later announced that she would be joining Simone Biles' upcoming Gold Over America Tour.
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Morgan Hurd returned to competition at the US Classic where she competed downgraded routines on balance beam and floor exercise where she finished 11th and 10th respectively.
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Morgan Hurd was one of five gymnasts featured on the Peacock docuseries Golden: The Journey of USA's Elite Gymnasts.
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At the National Championships, Morgan Hurd only competed on balance beam and floor exercise where she finished 26th and 23rd respectively.
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Morgan Hurd was not added to the national team nor did she qualify to compete at the upcoming Olympic Trials.
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Morgan Hurd was officially added to the Florida Gators roster in January 2022.
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Morgan Hurd made her collegiate debut on January 6,2023 in a meet against West Virginia, Ball State, and Lindenwood University.
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Morgan Hurd earned her highest score on floor exercise, a 9.95, in a meet against Kentucky on March 2,2024.