Ellis O'Reilly

Ellis O'Reilly
— Gymnast ♀ —
Country represented	Ireland
Former countries represented	Great Britain
Born	23 February 1998 Eltham, London, United Kingdom[1]
Residence	Eltham, London, United Kingdom
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2014
Club	Europa Gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Sam James
Medal record Representing  Ireland Northern European Championships 2015 Limerick Team 2015 Limerick All-Around 2015 Limerick Balance Beam

Ellis O'Reilly (born 23 February 1998) is an English-born female artistic gymnast, who represents Ireland at international competitions. She qualifies for Ireland through her Armagh-born grandfather.^[1] She has competed at world championships, including the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China.^[2] O'Reilly has previously represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland. She was a three time silver medalist at the Northern European Championships.^[3]

Rio Olympics

London-born O'Reilly became the first Irish female gymnast to ever secure Olympic qualification at the Aquecce Rio Test Event, the final qualifying event for the Rio de Janeiro games at the HSBC Barra Olympic Arena.^[4]

Personal life

She is currrently studying for her A-levels and is aiming at earning a place in university to study physical education. Her sister Jenna, 20, is a four-time amateur British boxing champion so she was given the honour of leading Katie Taylor into the ring for her gold medal fight in London 2012.^[1]

References

1. "School is first priority, then the Olympic Games". RTÉ Sport. 23 April 2016.
2. "2014 World Gymnastics Championships athletes - Ellis Oreilly". longinestiming.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
3. "Northern European Championships 2014 Greve (DEN) 2014 Sep 12-14".
4. "Irish gymnast Ellis O’Reilly makes history by qualifying for Rio". The Irish Times. 18 April 2016.