Ellie Black

Ellie Black
Black in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Elsabeth Ann Black
Nickname(s)	Ellie
Country represented	Canada
Born	(1995-09-08) September 8, 1995 (age 29) Halifax, Nova Scotia
Height	157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior international elite
Years on national team	2010–present (CAN)
Club	Halifax Alta Gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Keiji Yamanaka, David Kikuchi
Eponymous skills	Black (G): Piked clear-hip Tkatchev with ½ turn (Uneven bars)
Medal record Women's artistic gymnastics Representing  Canada World Championships 2017 Montreal All-around 2022 Liverpool Balance beam 2022 Liverpool Team Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Balance beam 2018 Gold Coast Team 2018 Gold Coast All-around 2014 Glasgow Vault 2018 Gold Coast Vault 2014 Glasgow Floor exercise Pan American Games 2015 Toronto All-around 2015 Toronto Balance beam 2015 Toronto Floor exercise 2019 Lima All-around 2019 Lima Vault 2015 Toronto Team 2019 Lima Team 2019 Lima Balance beam 2015 Toronto Vault 2019 Lima Uneven bars Pacific Rim Championships 2014 Richmond Vault 2014 Richmond Team 2014 Richmond All-around Summer Universiade 2017 Taipei Balance beam 2013 Kazan Floor exercise 2017 Taipei Team 2013 Kazan Balance beam 2017 Taipei All-around 2017 Taipei Uneven bars FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd All-Around World Cup 0 1 3 World Challenge Cup 6 5 2 Total 6 6 5

Elsabeth Ann Black ONS (born September 8, 1995)^[2] is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She is a four-time Olympian, having represented her country at the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic games. She is the 2017 World all-around silver medallist, making her the first Canadian gymnast to win a world all-around medal, and she led the Canadian women's gymnastics team to a bronze medal in the 2022 World Championships team final, the first world team medal won by a Canadian gymnastics team. She won a silver medal on the balance beam at the 2022 World Championships. She is also the 2018 Commonwealth Games all-around champion, a two-time Pan American Games all-around champion (2015, 2019), and a six-time Canadian national all-around champion (2013-2015, 2017–2019). At the 2020 Olympic Games, Black placed fourth in the balance beam final, the highest placement in the Olympics for a female Canadian gymnast.

Black began competing internationally in 2012 and helped the 2012 Canadian Olympic team qualify for their first Olympic team final where they finished fifth. In 2013, she became the first Canadian female artistic gymnast to win a medal at the Universiade since 1983 by winning a silver medal on the floor exercise and a bronze medal on the balance beam. She competed at her first Commonwealth Games in 2014 and won the gold medal on the balance beam. She won five medals at the 2015 Pan American Games and was the most decorated Canadian athlete at the Games. At the 2016 Olympic Games, Black finished fifth in the individual all-around final, Canada's best-ever result in the Olympic all-around. She won her first World medal in 2017 and won team and all-around gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In 2019, she became the first female gymnast to win back-to-back all-around titles at the Pan American Games and became Canada's most decorated gymnast ever at the Pan American Games. She made her third Olympic appearance in 2020 and won two medals at the 2022 World Championships. Black is the most decorated Canadian to ever compete in women's gymnastics.^[3]