Kirsty Durward
She won a bronze medal representing her country in the women's all-around team event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.[1][2] She was educated at Rotorua Girls' High School, becoming a national gymnastics champion, and won a full scholarship to California State University, Long Beach when she was 17 years old.[1][3] From 1977 to 1980, Durward won four consecutive silver medals in vault at the AIAW National Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Championships.[3] Durward represented New Zealand at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, placing tenth in the women's individual all-around competition, and winning the bronze medal—alongside Lynette Brake, Rowena Davis and Deborah Hurst—in the women's team all-around.[1] Kirsty Gerlach was diagnosed with motor neuron disease in 2017, and shortly after had to retire from her 33-year career as an audiologist.