Ellie Downie

Ellie Downie
Personal information
Full name Elissa Rebecca Downie
Country represented  Great Britain
Born (1999-07-20) 20 July 1999
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Hometown Nottingham, United Kingdom
Height 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 53 kg (117 lb)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior international elite
Club Notts Gymnastics Club
Head coach(es) Jo Miller
Music 2014: "Señorita" by Bond
2015: "Why Don't You" by Gramophonedzie
2016: "Skeletons" by Drehz
2017: "Boneless" by Steve Aoki
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 0 0 1
European Championships 1 5 2
Total 1 5 3
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
2015 GlasgowTeam
European Championships
2017 Cluj-NapocaAll-Around
2016 BernTeam
2016 BernVault
2016 BernFloor Exercise
2017 Cluj-NapocaVault
2017 Cluj-NapocaFloor Exercise
2015 MontpellierAll-Around
2017 Cluj-NapocaUneven Bars
Youth Olympic Games
2014 NanjingVault
2014 NanjingAll-Around
2014 NanjingBalance Beam
2014 NanjingFloor Exercise

Elissa Downie (born 20 July 1999 in Nottingham)[1] is an artistic gymnast who represents Great Britain. She is the All-around 2017 European gymnastics champion, the first gymnast to win a major all-around title for Great Britain[2].

The younger sister of double European champion Beckie Downie, Downie first came to prominence as an outstanding junior gymnast at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics[3], winning four medals. . At the age of 15, she became the first British woman to win an individual all-around medal at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, with a bronze in 2015.[4] Later that year, she was part of the team that won Britain's first global team medal, a bronze, at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. At the 2017 European Championships, she made history again by becoming the first British gymnast to win the all-around at a major international competition.[5]

Junior career

Downie competed at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, and won a gold medal on vault, a silver medal with the British team and a bronze medal in the all-around. Based on this performance, she was selected to compete at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. There, she earned four medals: a silver on vault behind Wang Yan and bronzes in the all-around, balance beam and floor exercise.

Senior career

2015

Downie made her senior debut at the 2015 British Championships. She won silver on vault and uneven bars and bronze in the all-around competition, and was named to the British team for the 2015 European Championships along with her sister, Becky Downie.

She performed well in qualifications at the European Championships, qualifying for the individual all-around, vault and uneven bars finals.[6] On 17 April, she competed in the all-around final and placed third, behind Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland and Maria Kharenkova of Russia, with a score of 56.623, winning the first ever individual all-around medal for a British female gymnast at the European Championships.[4]

Downie was the Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Month for April 2015.[7] On 20 December, she was named the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.[8][9]

2016

In May 2016, Downie won all four individual event titles at the FIG World Cup event in Osijek, Croatia,[10] becoming the first gymnast to accomplish this feat at a World Cup competition since Ludmilla Tourischeva in 1975.[11] The following month, at the 2016 European Championships in Bern, Switzerland, she won silver medals with the team and on vault and floor exercise.[12][13]

In July, she was named to the British team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, along with Becky Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold and Amy Tinkler.[14]

Olympic Games

In qualifications at the Olympics, Downie landed on her head during a tumbling pass on floor and was unable to finish her routine.[15][16] However, she returned in the next rotation, performing two vaults, and qualified to the all-around final in 20th place.[17] She improved on that performance in the final, finishing 13th,[18] and the British women finished fifth in the team competition.[19]

2017

In April 2017, Downie represented Great Britain at the 2017 European Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, where she made history by qualifying for all five individual finals.[20] The next day, she became the first British gymnast to win the all-around title at a major international competition, beating Hungary's Zsófia Kovács and France's Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos.[5] She also won silver medals on vault and floor, and a bronze medal on the uneven bars.[21] At the beginning of August she underwent an ankle surgery due to an injury she had dealt with at both the British Championships and European Championships that year. The surgery means that she will not be able to attend the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, stating on her instagram account that she plans on her next major international competition to be the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

2018

On September 27, Downie was named to the team to compete at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar alongside Becky Downie, Alice Kinsella, Georgia-Mae Fenton, and Kelly Simm.[22]

Personal life

Ellie is the sister of 2008 and 2016 Olympian Becky Downie.[23] She attended the Rushcliffe School in Nottingham until the summer of 2015.[24]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2012British Team Championships3rd, bronze medalist(s)464155
British Espoir Championships2nd, silver medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)182nd, silver medalist(s)
UK School Games 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s)
2013WOGA Classic3rd, bronze medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)
Junior British Championships3rd, bronze medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)
British Team Championships4
European Youth Olympic Festival2nd, silver medalist(s)41st, gold medalist(s)7
Élite Gym Massilia3rd, bronze medalist(s)123rd, bronze medalist(s)43rd, bronze medalist(s)
Gymnasiade3rd, bronze medalist(s)643rd, bronze medalist(s)6
2014English Championships42nd, silver medalist(s)73rd, bronze medalist(s)
Munich Friendly2nd, silver medalist(s)4
European Junior Championships2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)5
Youth Olympic Games3rd, bronze medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)
2015English Championships92nd, silver medalist(s)6
British Championships3rd, bronze medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)6
European Championships3rd, bronze medalist(s)54
GBR-NED International Friendly1st, gold medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)
World Championships3rd, bronze medalist(s)46
2016British Championships3rd, bronze medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)44
Osijek World Challenge Cup1st, gold medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)
European Championships2nd, silver medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)
Olympic Games51311261172
2017British Championships1st, gold medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)WDWD
European Championships1st, gold medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)42nd, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Ellie Downie". teamgb.com.
  2. ↑ Claudia Fragapane won the All-around competition in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, but representing England.
  3. ↑ Amanda Turner. "Roster Released For Youth Olympic Games". International Gymnast. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Ellie Downie takes historic bronze". British Gymnastics. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  5. 1 2 McDaid, David (2017-04-21). "European Championships: Ellie Downie is first Briton to win all-round gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  6. ↑ McDaid, David (2015-04-15). "European Gymnastics: Fragapane and Downie both make finals". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  7. ↑ "Gymnast Ellie Downie named April's Sportswoman of the Month". Sky Sports. 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  8. ↑ "Young Sports Personality 2016: Ellie Downie Q&A". BBC News. 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  9. ↑ "Ellie Downie wins BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award". British Gymnastics. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  10. ↑ Turner, Amanda (2016-05-01). "Downie Dominates Osijek with Full Sweep". International Gymnast. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  11. ↑ "Ellie Downie completes rare golden sweep at Osijek World Cup". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  12. ↑ McDaid, David (2016-06-05). "European Championships: Becky & Ellie Downie win gold & silver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  13. ↑ Corkery, Claire (2016-06-05). "Downie sisters win gold and silver at European Championships in Switzerland". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  14. ↑ "Team GB's 2016 Olympic gymnasts announced". British Gymnastics. 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  15. ↑ Ingle, Sean (2016-08-07). "Ellie Downie gets back off the mat to help GB into all-round gymnastics final". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  16. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympics: Ellie Downie's recovery from injury". BBC Sport. 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  17. ↑ Howard, Tori (2016-08-08). "Women's Finalists at the 2016 Rio Olympics". FloGymnastics. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  18. ↑ "13th place for Ellie Downie in women's Olympic all-around final". British Gymnastics. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  19. ↑ "Fifth place finish for GB women's gymnastics team in Rio". British Gymnastics. 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  20. ↑ "Britain's Ellie Downie qualifies for all-around and all apparatus finals in Cluj". Halesowen News. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  21. ↑ McDaid, David (2017-04-23). "European Championships: Ellie Downie wins silver on the floor". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  22. ↑ "GBR women's team confirmed for World Championship action". British Gymnastics. September 27, 2018.
  23. ↑ "Family joy as Becky and Ellie Downie savour European Championships gold". Nottingham Post. 2014-05-18. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  24. ↑ "Gymnastic Stars, Ellie and Becky Downie". www.rushcliffe.notts.sch.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
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