1. Elsabeth Ann Black was born on September 8,1995 and is a Canadian artistic gymnast.
70 Facts About Ellie Black
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Ellie Black is a four-time Olympian, having represented her country at the 2012,2016,2020, and 2024 Olympic games.
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Ellie Black 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.
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Ellie Black won a silver medal on the balance beam at the 2022 World Championships.
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Ellie Black is the 2018 Commonwealth Games all-around champion, a two-time Pan American Games all-around champion, and a six-time Canadian national all-around champion.
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At the 2020 Olympic Games, Ellie Black placed fourth in the balance beam final, the highest placement in the Olympics for a female Canadian gymnast.
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Ellie Black began competing internationally in 2012 and helped the 2012 Canadian Olympic team qualify for their first Olympic team final where they finished fifth.
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Ellie Black competed at her first Commonwealth Games in 2014 and won the gold medal on the balance beam.
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Ellie Black won five medals at the 2015 Pan American Games and was the most decorated Canadian athlete at the Games.
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At the 2016 Olympic Games, Ellie Black finished fifth in the individual all-around final, Canada's best-ever result in the Olympic all-around.
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Ellie Black won her first World medal in 2017 and won team and all-around gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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Ellie Black made her third Olympic appearance in 2020 and won two medals at the 2022 World Championships.
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Ellie Black is the most decorated Canadian to ever compete in women's gymnastics.
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Ellie Black was born on September 8,1995, in Halifax, Nova Scotia to parents Thomas and Katharine Ellie Black.
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Ellie Black began competitive gymnastics when she was nine years old, after watching the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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In December 2008, Ellie Black competed at the junior level at Elite Canada, an annual event for elite-level Canadian gymnasts, and placed sixteenth in the all-around and won the bronze medal on vault.
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Ellie Black placed fourteenth in the all-around, and she won the silver medal on vault.
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Ellie Black became age-eligible for senior international competition in 2011, but she missed the entire 2011 season after having surgery for a dislocated and broken toe and then dislocating her elbow.
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In event finals, Ellie Black won the gold medal on vault and the bronze medal on balance beam.
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Ellie Black then competed at the Osijek World Challenge Cup and won her first FIG World Cup medals with gold on both the vault and floor exercise.
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Ellie Black placed third all-around in qualifications but dropped to seventh in the all-around final.
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Ellie Black was the first female gymnast living east of Montreal to ever make the Canadian Olympic team.
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In July, Ellie Black made her Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.
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Ellie Black helped the Canadian team qualify for the team finals for the first time since 1984, and individually, she qualified for the vault final.
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Ellie Black tried to attempt her second vault, but decided not to because of the injury, meaning she placed eighth with a final score of 0.000.
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Ellie Black did not compete for the rest of the year due to the injury, and once she recovered, she focused on learning new skills and aimed to improve her competition results for the upcoming season.
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At her first all-around FIG World Cup event in Tokyo, Ellie Black won the bronze medal.
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Ellie Black won gold medals in the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise event finals at the Ljubljana World Challenge Cup and was the most decorated gymnast of the event.
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At the Summer Universiade, Ellie Black finished fourth in the all-around with a score of 55.000, only two-tenths of a point away from the bronze medal.
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Ellie Black then competed at her first World Championships and finished thirteenth in the all-around and eighth on the floor exercise.
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Ellie Black won the all-around and floor exercise gold medals at the International Gymnix and the uneven bars and balance beam bronze medals.
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Ellie Black then competed at the Pacific Rim Championships with Yu, Maegan Chant, Rose-Kaying Woo, Shallon Olsen, and Megan Roberts, and they won the team silver medal behind the United States.
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Individually, Ellie Black won the all-around bronze medal and the vault gold medal.
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Ellie Black defended her Canadian all-around title and became national champion on the uneven bars.
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At the Commonwealth Games, Ellie Black finished fourth with her team and was upset for the bronze medal by Wales, and she fourth in the all-around due to a fall on the floor exercise.
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Ellie Black competed at the World Championships in Nanning, China.
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Ellie Black then competed at the American Cup in Arlington, Texas and placed fifth with an all-around.
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Ellie Black competed at her first Pan American Games which was hosted in Toronto.
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Ellie Black then won the bronze medal in the vault final.
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Ellie Black was the most decorated Canadian athlete of the 2015 Pan American Games.
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Ellie Black then competed at the American Cup in Newark, New Jersey and won the all-around bronze medal.
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Ellie Black was chosen to represent Canada at her second Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro alongside Isabela Onyshko, Shallon Olsen, Brittany Rogers, and Rose-Kaying Woo.
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Ellie Black was originally a reserve for the floor exercise final but was put in as a replacement for the injured American Ragan Smith.
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Ellie Black competed at her second Commonwealth Games alongside Shallon Olsen, Isabela Onyshko, Brittany Rogers, and Rose-Kaying Woo.
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Ellie Black helped Canada win gold for the first time since the 1990 Commonwealth Games ahead of second place England in the team finals.
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Ellie Black was the only female gymnast at the event to medal on all four apparatuses.
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Ellie Black was then named to the team to compete at the World Championships.
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Ellie Black helped Canada place fourth in the team final which was Canada's highest-ever team finish at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
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Individually, Ellie Black placed twelfth in the all-around, seventh on vault, and fifth on the balance beam.
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Ellie Black began the 2019 season competing at Elite Canada where she placed second in the all-around.
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Ellie Black won gold on vault, silver on uneven bars and balance beam, and bronze on floor exercise.
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Ellie Black was selected as Canada's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony.
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Ellie Black competed on all four apparatuses during the team final, helping Canada place seventh.
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Ellie Black competed at Elite Canada which was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
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Ellie Black finished first in the all-around and on the balance beam.
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Ellie Black then competed at the Canadian Championships where she won her seventh national all-around title.
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Ellie Black still competed in the balance beam final despite the injury, and she finished in fourth place, 0.134 points away from the bronze medal.
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Ellie Black won the all-around title at the virtual Elite Canada competition.
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Ellie Black then competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy where she helped Canada finish third behind the United States and Italy.
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Ellie Black was selected to compete at the World Championships in Liverpool alongside Laurie Denommee, Emma Spence, Sydney Turner, and Denelle Pedrick.
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Ellie Black helped Canada qualify for the team final in eighth place and individually qualified for the all-around, vault, and balance beam finals.
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Ellie Black then finished fifth in the all-around final with a total score of 54.732.
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In late June Ellie Black was named to the team to represent Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Cassie Lee, Shallon Olsen, Ava Stewart, and Aurelie Tran.
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At the 2024 Olympic Games Ellie Black helped Canada qualify to the team final, where they ultimately finished fifth.
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In October 2018, the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, Arthur LeBlanc, announced that Ellie Black would be awarded the Order of Nova Scotia at a ceremony to be held on November 6, for her contribution as an ambassador for both gymnastics and the province.
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Ellie Black is only the second person under 25 to receive the Order of Nova Scotia, the first being hockey star Sidney Crosby.
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In 2019, Ellie Black became sponsored by Toyota Canada as a part of its Team Toyota initiative.
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Ellie Black has a collection of gymnastics equipment with Spieth America.
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Ellie Black is sponsored by the Royal Bank of Canada, and in 2020, she supported the Canada United relief fund for small businesses.
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Ellie Black enjoys cooking, and she has shared her recipes online.