National Teams

Ellie Black

Birthplace: Halifax, NS
Year of Birth: 1995
Club: Halifax Alta Gymnastics Club
Favourite Event: Vault
Sr. National Team since: 2010
Follow me on Twitter: @EllieBlack_
Follow me on Instagram: @ellieblack_

Recorded Canada’s best-ever result and first medal in the AA competition at the 2017 World Championships, finishing 2nd… Posted Canada’s best-ever performance in the all-around competition at the Olympic Games with a 5^th in 2016… Canada’s most decorated athlete at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto with 5 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze); Her gold in the AA competition was the first by a non-American since 1983… Two-time Olympian (2012, 2016); 5^th in the team-event in 2012 is also a Canadian best-ever result… Four-time World Championships team member (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017)… Canadian AA Champion in 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013… Triple-medallist at 2014 Commonwealth Games, including gold on beam… Studying Kinesiology at Dalhousie University.

Family: Parents Thomas and Katharine Black… Older sister Karen… Younger brother William…

Getting into the Sport: Started competitive gymnastics at age 9…

Odds and Ends: Favourite motto: Dream big, don’t let anyone else set your limits…