Deborah Hurst

{{Short description|New Zealand gymnast}}

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Deborah Hurst

| birth_name = Deborah Linda Richards

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| relatives = Merv Richards (father)

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| country = New Zealand

| sport = Gymnastics

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{{MedalSport | Women's gymnastics}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1978 Edmonton|Team all-around}}

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Deborah Linda Murphy (formerly Hurst, née Richards) is a former New Zealand gymnast. Competing as Deborah Hurst, she won a bronze medal representing her country—alongside Kirsty Durward, Rowena Davis and Lynette Brake—in the women's all-around team event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/team/3414 |title=Gymnastics artistic team competition – women Edmonton 1978 |year=2018 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=18 January 2022 |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118050821/https://thecgf.com/results/team/3414 |url-status=dead }} Also at those games, she finished eighth in the women's individual all-round.{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/deborah-hurst |title=Deborah Hurst |website=Olympic.org.nz |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee}}