Morgan Hurd
Morgan Hurd was born in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China on July 18th, 2001 and is the Gymnast. At the age of 22, Morgan Hurd biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Morgan Elizabeth Hurd (born July 18, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast and a four-time member of the United States women's national team (2016-Present).
She is best known for her well-balanced strengths across all four events as well as her polished and dynamic floor routines.
She is a five-time world medalist and bronze medalist for the 2017 World all-around championship and balance beam silver medalist.
During her senior career, she has earned four medals at the USA Gymnastics National Championships.
She was a member of the gold-medal winning American teams at the 2018 World Championships and the 2019 Pan American Games.
Personal life
When she was 11 months old, Hurd was adopted from Wuzhou, China. She was enrolling in gymnastics at the age of 3. Hurd began training at First State Gymnastics in fifth grade. Sherri, her mother, now lives in Middletown, Delaware. She is one of the few elite gymnasts to wear glasses during competition.
Junior career
Morgan Hurd placed 14th as a level 10 in the Nastia Liukin Cup in 2014. In July, she finished 8th at the American Classic for the eighth time. Hurd came in 18th at the National Team Classic in Las Vegas, behind future National Team member Victoria Nguyen. Hurd placed 29th in the all-around for Juniors at the P&G National Championships.
Hurd earned her first appearance on Uneven Bars in 2015, placing 9th on All-Around and 2nd. She placed 8th in the All-Around, 7th on Floor Exercises, and fourth on the Uneven Bars, placing 8th in the P&G National Championships.
Hurd finished 1st in the All-Around at the American Classic in 2016. She finished fifth in the All-Around, 1st on Floor Exercise, and 2nd on the Uneven Bars, where she came in second. She competed at the P&G National Championships again, placing 5th in the All-Around, 3rd on Uneven Bars, and 7th on Vault; these results qualified her to the junior national team.
Senior career
Hurd was the senior in 2017 when he took over the role. She made her international debut at the 2017 Stuttgart World Cup, where she finished third overall, behind Tabea Alt of Germany and Angelina Melnikova of Russia. Hurd was a champion of the City of Jesolo Trophy in April and was the first nation to finish first. Hurd placed 6th on balance beam and 2nd on floor in July at the U.S. Classic, finishing second behind Jade Carey and 6th on floor. She finished sixth in the All-Around, eight on Balance Beam, fifth on Floor Exercise, and eighth on Floor Exercise in August. Since she finished in the top six in the All-Around, she was selected to the national team.
Hurd was chosen to represent the United States in the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal by Ragan Smith, Jade Carey, and Ashton Locklear. Morgan debuted on the vault in qualifications at the World Championships in Montreal, receiving a 14.466. She scored 14.333 points in her next match, the uneven bars. On the balance beam, she earned 13.500 after upgrading to a full double tuck dismount and qualifying second in the beam finals. She finished qualifications on floor, where she displayed exceptional talent and artistry, but she failed on her double full for a score of 12.533. Her all-around rating was 54.832, and she qualified sixth in the all-around final at 6 p.m. Hurd won with a score of 55.232, 0.1 ahead of silver medalist Ellie Black of Canada and 0.4 ahead of bronze medalist Elena Eremina of Russia. She matched her ranking from qualifications and captured the silver medal, behind Pauline Schäfer of Germany, two days later in the balance beam final.
Hurd was chosen to represent the United States in the 2018 American Cup on December 11, 2017. She competed with first-year Maile O'Keefe and came in first overall with a score of 56.599. Hurd was selected to compete in the 2018 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships, which also included Grace McCallum and Jordan Chiles. After a mishap on her balance beam dismount, she earned team gold and placed second in the all-around, behind McCallum and second in the all-around. She was disqualified from the uneven bars and floor exercises finals as a precaution due to her balance beam injury.
Despite falling off the balance beam, Hurd finished third in the 2018 U.S. Classic on July 28, placing her third in the all-around. She also placed third in uneven bars and floor exercises. Hurd placed second in the all-around after Biles and McCusker, third on uneven bars behind Biles and McCusker, and third on floor exercise behind Biles and Jade Carey in August. She also placed fourth on balance beam, making her and Biles the only ones to finish in top four on every level. For the third year in a row, she was selected to the national team.
Hurd participated in the World Team Selection Camp in October. During the competition, she finished fourth, fourth on uneven bars, fifth on balance beam, fifth on balance beam, and seventh on floor exercise. Biles, McCusker, Grace McCallum, Kara Eaker, and alternate Ragan Smith were all selected to compete in the 2018 World Championships on the following day. Hurd qualified to the all-around final in second place behind Biles, the floor exercise final in fourth place, and the uneven bars final in fifth place during qualifications. In addition, the United States qualified to the team final in first place. Hurd competed on vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise during the team finals. She earned 14.633, 14.433, and 12.966 points to the United States' team total. The United States defeated gold with a score of 171.629, 8.766 points ahead of second place in the open-ended code of points era at the 2014 World Championships (6.693) and the 2016 Olympic Games (8.209).
Hurd was in fourth place in the all-around final on beam when she touched down on her side aerial cartwheel on beam and was in fourth place entering the fourth rotation. She won the bronze medal behind Biles and Mai Murakami of Japan after a good floor workout. Hurd finished 0.066 points behind Murakami, 0.033 points ahead of fourth-place finisher Nina Derwael of Belgium and 0.034 points behind fifth-place finisher Angelina Melnikova of Russia, 0.066 points behind them. Hurd came in sixth on uneven bars in the event finals. Melnikova, a British based on floor exercise, then won the silver medal behind Biles and 2017 World champion Murakami. Hurd became the seventh-most decorated American female gymnast in world championship history, tied with Kim Zmeskal and Kyla Ross.
Hurd made her music video debut on November 5, appearing in Shawn Mendes' Youth. Hurd's third elbow surgery in December had two chips removed, causing her to have two chips removed.
Hurd was selected to compete at the Tokyo World Cup in April, according to USA Gymnastics. Ellie Black of Canada and Asuka Teramoto of Japan were among those who won gold before her.
Hurd was selected as one of the eight athletes selected for the 2019 Pan American Games alongside Sloane Blakely, Kara Eaker, Aleah Finnegan, Shilese Jones, Sunisa Lee, Riley McCusker, and Leanne Wong in June.
Hurd will be included in a year-long documentary series titled All Around, alongside Angelina Melnikova of Russia and Chen Yile of China, which will follow their travels and preparation leading up to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Hurd finished sixth in the all-around at the 2019 GKUS Classic in July, behind Simone Biles, McCusker, Grace McCallum, Eaker, and Wong. She came in first on the floor, tied for eighth on beam with Sunisa Lee, and ranked eleventh on the floor. After the tournament, she was selected to compete with Eaker, Finnegan, McCusker, and Wong.
Hurd participated in all four events, contributing counting points on vault and bars to the United States' gold medal-winning success in the team final. Despite earning high enough numbers to advance to the all-around and all individual event finals except for vault, she was unable to participate in finals because at least two of her teammates outscored her on each occasion; a maximum of two gymnasts per country may compete in each event final. Hurd tied Wong's record of 14.250, but Wong qualified for the final due to a higher execution rating.
Hurd participated in all four events on the first day of competition, but ended the night in eighth place in the all-around. She was able to perform on each apparatus on the second day of competition and finished fourth in the all-around, behind Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, and Grace McCallum. In addition, she earned silver on uneven bars behind Lee and ranked fifth on balance beam and thirteenth on floor exercises, placing fifth on balance beam and thirteenth on floor exercises. As a result, she was invited to the national team.
Hurd placed ninth at the World team selection camp in September after making mistakes on both floor exercise and uneven bars. Hurd's second day of action featured uneven bars and balance beam, where she finished fourth and third best marks respectively. Hurd and Leanne Wong were selected as a non-traveling alternate for the Worlds team after the two-day camp.
Hurd signed her National Letter of Intent with the Florida Gators in November 2011, deferring until the 2021 World Championships and the 2021-22 school year.
Hurd was selected to represent the United States at the American Cup in Milwaukee in March 2020. Kayla DiCello, a first-year senior, was hired in. Hurd finished in second place ahead of DiCello and Hitomi Hatakawa of Japan, who scored 55.832 in the all-around; she earned the highest score on bars, the second-highest score on floor exercise, and the third-highest score on vault and balance beam; She tried out new skills, including the Downie on uneven bars, and brought back skills that she hadn't previously attempted, most notably her tucked full dismount on beam.
She underwent surgery on both elbows in August 2020.
Hurd underwent elbow surgery in mid-March. She later revealed that she would be traveling with Simone Biles on the forthcoming Gold Over America Tour. She competed in the U.S. Classic, where she placed 11th and 10th respectively, in downgraded routines on balance beam and floor exercise where she finished 11th and tenth. Hurd was one of five gymnasts on the Peacock docuseries Golden: The Journey of USA Gymnasts' Elite Gymnasts. Only on balance beam and floor exercises at the National Championships Hurd, where she finished 26th and 23rd respectively. She was not selected to the national team nor did she qualify for the forthcoming Olympic trials.