Ellie Downie

Ellie Downie
— Gymnast —
Full name	Elissa Downie
Country represented	Great Britain
Born	(1999-07-20) 20 July 1999 Nottingham, United Kingdom
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Club	Notts
Head coach(es)	Claire Starkey
Medal record Competitor for  Great Britain European Championships Bronze 2015 Montpellier All-Around Youth Olympic Games Silver 2014 Nanjing Vault Bronze 2014 Nanjing All-Around Bronze 2014 Nanjing Balance Beam Bronze 2014 Nanjing Floor Exercise European Junior Championships Gold 2014 Sofia Vault Silver 2014 Sofia Team Bronze 2014 Sofia All-Around European Youth Olympic Festival Gold 2013 Utrecht Vault Silver 2013 Utrecht Team

Elissa "Ellie" Downie (born 20 July 1999 in Nottingham) is a British artistic gymnast and sister of Olympian Becky Downie. She represented Great Britain at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.^[1] A prodigious junior, Downie, at the age of 15, became the first female gymnast ever to win an individual all-around medal for Great Britain at the European Championships, with a bronze at the 2015 Championships in Montpelier, France^[2]

Competitive History

Junior career

2014

Downie competed at the European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She won a gold on vault, a team silver and a bronze in the all-around competition.^[3]

Youth Olympics

Ellie was selected to compete at the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China through her performances at the European Championships. At the Summer Youth Olympics, she earned four medals: silver on vault behind Wang Yan and bronze in the all-around, balance beam and floor exercise.

Senior career

2015

Downie competed at the 2015 British Championships as a senior. She won silver on vault and uneven bars and bronze in the all-around competition. She was named as one of the gymnasts to represent Great Britain at the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships along with her sister Becky Downie. She did well in qualifications qualifying for the Individual All-Around, Vault and Uneven Bars finals.^[9]

On Friday 17 April, she competed in the Women's Individual All-Around final, where she came 3rd behind Giulia Steingruber and Maria Kharenkova with a score of 56.623, winning a historic bronze medal for the British team. This would be the first ever individual all-around medal for a British female gymnast at the European Championships. Her older sister and teammate, Becky was in the stands cheering her on.^[10]

Personal life

Ellie is the sister of 2008 Olympian, Becky Downie.^[11] She currently attends the Rushcliffe School in Nottingham and is in Year 11, taking her GCSE exams in 2015.^[12]

Competitive history

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