Courtney Kupets

Courtney Kupets
— Gymnast —
Full name	Courtney Anne Kupets
Country represented	United States
Born	(1986-07-27) July 27, 1986 (age 30) Bedford, Texas
Hometown	Gaithersburg, Maryland
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	4 (1999–2000, 2001–04)
Club	Hill's Gymnastics
College team	Georgia Gymdogs (University of Georgia)
Head coach(es)	Suzanne Yoculan
Assistant coach(es)	Jay Clark
Former coach(es)	Kelli Hill
Medal record Representing  United States Artistic Gymnastics Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team 2004 Athens Uneven Bars World Championships 2002 Debrecen Uneven Bars 2003 Anaheim Team U.S. Senior Nationals 2003 Milwaukee All-Around 2004 Nashville All-Around 2004 Nashville Balance Beam 2003 Milwaukee Uneven Bars 2004 Nashville Uneven Bars 2003 Milwaukee Balance Beam 2003 Milwaukee Floor NCAA Championships 2006 Auburn Balance Beam 2006 Auburn Uneven Bars 2006 Auburn Team 2006 Auburn All-Around 2007 Salt Lake City Vault 2007 Salt Lake City Team 2007 Salt Lake City All-Around 2008 Athens Team 2009 Lincoln Uneven Bars 2009 Lincoln Balance Beam 2009 Lincoln Floor Exercise 2009 Lincoln Team 2009 Lincoln All-Around 2006 Auburn Floor Exercise 2007 Salt Lake City Floor Exercise 2007 Salt Lake City Uneven Bars 2007 Salt Lake City Balance Beam 2009 Lincoln Vault

Courtney Anne Kupets Carter (born July 27, 1986, in Bedford, Texas) is an American artistic gymnast. She is known for her 2003 and 2004 national championship wins (with Carly Patterson as co-champion in 2004); her membership on the 2003 World Championships and 2004 Olympics teams; and her bronze medal on the uneven bars at the Olympics.

During her time at UGA, from 2005–2009, the team won four NCAA national championships. In the 2009–10 season, Kupets was a student assistant coach to the team's new head coach, Jay Clark.

Kupets was raised in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and trained at Hill's Gymnastics, the former gym of Olympians Dominique Dawes and Elise Ray. After the 2004 Olympics, she competed for the University of Georgiawhere she was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi Women's Fraternity. [ja P,ocrp, (UGA), joining her older sister, Ashley Kupets.

Kupets began gymnastics in 1989, earned a place on USA Gymnastics' TOPs developmental team in 1994, and reached the elite level in 1999. At her first U.S. National Championships in 1999, she placed eighth in the junior division and became a member of the junior national team.

In 2002, her first year as a senior competitor, Kupets placed second at the American Cup, behind 2000 Olympian Tasha Schwikert, and placed eighth at Nationals. She was named to the U.S. 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.

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