Ellie Black

Elsabeth Ann Black ONS (born September 8, 1995) is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She is a three-time Olympian, having represented her country at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympic Games. She is the 2017 World all-around silver medalist, 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.

Ellie Black
Black in 2021
Personal information
Full nameElsabeth Ann Black
Nickname(s)Ellie
Country represented Canada
Born (1995-09-08) September 8, 1995
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Height157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2010 – present (CAN)
ClubHalifax Alta Gymnastics
Head coach(es)Keiji Yamanaka, David Kikuchi
Eponymous skillsBlack (G): Piked clear-hip Tkatchev with ½ turn (Uneven bars)
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Canada
World Championships
2017 MontrealAll-around
2022 LiverpoolBalance beam
2022 LiverpoolTeam
Commonwealth Games
2014 GlasgowBalance beam
2018 Gold CoastTeam
2018 Gold CoastAll-around
2014 GlasgowVault
2018 Gold CoastVault
2014 GlasgowFloor exercise
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoAll-around
2015 TorontoBalance beam
2015 TorontoFloor exercise
2019 LimaAll-around
2019 LimaVault
2015 TorontoTeam
2019 LimaTeam
2019 LimaBalance beam
2015 TorontoVault
2019 LimaUneven bars
Pacific Rim Championships
2014 RichmondVault
2014 RichmondTeam
2014 RichmondAll-around
Summer Universiade
2017 TaipeiBalance beam
2013 KazanFloor exercise
2017 TaipeiTeam
2013 KazanBalance beam
2017 TaipeiAll-around
2017 TaipeiUneven 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

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.

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