She performed well in qualifications at the European Championships, qualifying for the individual all-around, vault and uneven bars finals. 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.

There, she earned four medals: a silver on vault behind Wang Yan and bronzes in the all-around, balance beam and floor exercise.ĭownie made her senior debut at the 2015 British Championships. Based on this performance, she was selected to compete at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. ĭownie 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. 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. 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 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. The younger sister of double European champion Becky Downie, Downie first came to prominence as an outstanding junior gymnast at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, winning four medals. She is the All-around 2017 European gymnastics champion, the first gymnast to win a major all-around title for Great Britain. Elissa Rebecca 'Ellie' Downie (born 20 July 1999 in Nottingham) is an artistic gymnast who represents Great Britain.

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