About — Ellie Black

OVERVIEW

**Birthplace:** Halifax, NS
**Year of Birth:** 1995
**Club:** Halifax Alta Gymnastics Club
**Favourite Event:** Vault
**Team:** Senior National Team since 2010

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2021

-2020 Tokyo Olympics: 4th Beam (best ever finish by a Canadian and during a severe ankle injury that made Ellie withdraw from all of the other events)

-2021 Gold Over America Tour (GOAT): Toured with a group of the world's top gymnasts including Simone Biles across the US to celebrate the sport of women’s gymnastics and female leadership.

2020

-2020 American Cup: 5th A-Around

-2020 Elite Canada: 1st Bars, 4th Beam

2019

-Named Canada's most decorated Pan Am Gymnast at the 2019 Games in Peru with 5 medals (matching her 2015 record): Silver (Team), Gold (All-Around), Gold (Vault), Silver (Beam), Bronze (Uneven Bars)

-Named Canada's flag bearer for the closing ceremony in Lima, Peru

-Superstars of Gymnastics appearance in London, England

-Bronze medal at the 2019 American Cup

-Silver medal at the World Cup Gymnastics Competition in Japan

-Secured Sixth All-Around Canadian National Title at the Canadian National Championships

-Helped aquire Canadian Team bid to the 2020 Olympic Games

2018

-5 x World Championships Team Member (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)

-Named one of the greatest 15 athletes in Nova Scotia’s history

-Took home a gold medal for Team Canada at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

-2018 Commonwealth Games All Around Champion in addition to a silver medal in vault

-Took home gold in beam final at World Challenge Cup in Paris, France

-Named to the Order of Nova Scoita

-Qualified for 4 finals at the 2018 World Championships and finished 4th with Team Canada.

2017

-Won her third national all around title at the 2017 Canadian National Gymnastics Championships

-Made history at the 2017 World Championships in the all around final by becoming the first Canadian to ever win an all-around medal at a World Championship, taking home silver

2016

-Represented Canada at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics and will look to compete again at the 2020 Olympic Games

2015

-Canada’s most decorated athlete at the 2015 Pan Am Games

-2015 Pan Am Games AA, beam, and floor champion

-Ellie became the first non-American woman to win the AA final since 1983

-2015 Elite Canada beam champion

-Qualified for 4 finals at the 2018 World Championships and finished 4th with Team Canada.

PERSONAL

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Favourite TV show is Friends
Loves to travel - Ellie's favourite places include Japan and South Africa
Favourite Team? Team Canada, of course
Follows gymnastics and figure skating
Family and friends are the most important things to Ellie as well as being kind to others
One word to describe Ellie you wouldn’t know? Outdoorsy!
Ellie dedicates her time to her community and charitable causes she cares about including Special Olympics, Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame and getting kids involved in sport
How did she get into gymnastics? Someone suggested it to her parents because she was energetic and naturally strong!
Other passions include exploring the outdoors, walking her dogs, swimming, friends, movies, music, fashion, cooking, and playing games