Ellis O'Reilly

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| fullname = Ellis Jacqueline O'Reilly[https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/gymnasts/biography/35917/false?backUrl= "OREILLY Ellis"]. fig-gymnastics.com. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

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| birth_place = Kent, United Kingdom{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/team-ireland/2016/0728/805442-ellis-oreilly/|title = Ellis O'Reilly| website=RTÉ.ie |date = 28 July 2016}}

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Renmore Gymnastics Club {{cite web|url=http://www.gymnasticsireland.com/news/article/rio-2016-profile-irelands-first-female-olympic-gymnast-ellis-oreilly/|title=Rio 2016 Profile: Ireland's first female Olympic gymnast, Ellis O'Reilly|date= 4 August 2016|work=Gymnastics Ireland}}

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Ellis Jacqueline O'Reilly (born 23 February 1998) is a retired{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics/2017/1009/911002-ellis-oreilly/|title=Irish Olympian Ellis O'Reilly announces retirement|date=9 October 2017|work=RTÉ Sport}} English-born female artistic gymnast, who represented Ireland at international competitions, most notably at the 2016 Olympic Games. She has competed at world championships, including the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China.{{cite web|title=2014 World Gymnastics Championships athletes - Ellis Oreilly|url=http://gym.longinestiming.com/File/00000D00020001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF01|work=longinestiming.com|date= |accessdate=27 January 2016}} She was a three time silver medalist at the Northern European Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2014/eu/den/nechamp.html|title=Northern European Championships 2014 Greve (DEN) 2014 Sep 12-14|publisher=|access-date=2016-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407072755/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2014/eu/den/nechamp.html|archive-date=2016-04-07|url-status=dead}} In 2017, O'Reilly announced her retirement from the sport, at the age of nineteen.{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics/2017/1009/911002-ellis-oreilly/|title=Irish Olympian Ellis O'Reilly announces retirement|date=9 October 2017|work=RTÉ Sport}}

Career

Ellis trained in the Europa Gymnastics club, in Crayford, under coach Sam James.[https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/sportswoman-of-the-month-ellis-o-reilly-s-rio-dream-come-true-1.2644035 "Sportswoman of the month: Ellis O’Reilly's Rio dream come true"]. irishtimes.com. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2017. While competing in Ireland she represented Renmore Gymnastics Club in Renmore, County Galway.{{cite web|url=http://www.gymnasticsireland.com/news/article/rio-2016-profile-irelands-first-female-olympic-gymnast-ellis-oreilly/|title=Rio 2016 Profile: Ireland's first female Olympic gymnast, Ellis O'Reilly|date= 4 August 2016|work=Gymnastics Ireland}}

Ellis has a number of national titles to her name and was the 2014 & 2015 All Around Irish Champion. She made her International senior debut in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2014 at the European Championships. Since then Ellis has attended two World Championships (China in 2014 and in Glasgow in 2015). Another European Championships in Monpellier in 2015 and she competed at the inaugural Baku Games in 2015. At the Northern Europeans in Limerick in 2015, O’Reilly claimed a number of silver medals including Individual All Around and with the Irish Team.{{cite web|url=http://www.gymnasticsireland.com/news/article/rio-2016-profile-irelands-first-female-olympic-gymnast-ellis-oreilly/|title=Rio 2016 Profile: Ireland's first female Olympic gymnast, Ellis O'Reilly|date= 4 August 2016|work=Gymnastics Ireland}}

Olympic Games 2016

At the World Championships in Glasgow in October 2015, Ellis secured Ireland their first ever place for an Irish female gymnast at an Olympic test event. In March 2016, she was selected as the gymnast to take that place and go forward to compete for a place at the Rio Olympics 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.gymnasticsireland.com/news/article/rio-2016-profile-irelands-first-female-olympic-gymnast-ellis-oreilly/|title=Rio 2016 Profile: Ireland's first female Olympic gymnast, Ellis O'Reilly|date= 4 August 2016|work=Gymnastics Ireland}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/irish-gymnast-ellis-o-reilly-makes-history-by-qualifying-for-rio-1.2614736|title=Irish gymnast Ellis O'Reilly makes history by qualifying for Rio|date=18 April 2016|newspaper=The Irish Times}}

Personal life

Ellis took up the sport of gymnastics at age six.{{cite web|url=http://www.gymnasticsireland.com/news/article/rio-2016-profile-irelands-first-female-olympic-gymnast-ellis-oreilly/|title=Rio 2016 Profile: Ireland's first female Olympic gymnast, Ellis O'Reilly|date= 4 August 2016|work=Gymnastics Ireland}}

She qualifies for Ireland through her County Armagh-born grandfather.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/other-sport/2016/0423/783776-schools-is-first-priority-then-the-olympic-games/|title=School is first priority, then the Olympic Games|date=23 April 2016|work=RTÉ Sport}}

O'Reilly previously represented both Great Britain and Northern Ireland.{{cite web|url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2014/eu/den/nechamp.html|title=Northern European Championships 2014 Greve (DEN) 2014 Sep 12-14|publisher=|access-date=2016-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407072755/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2014/eu/den/nechamp.html|archive-date=2016-04-07|url-status=dead}}

O'Reilly is currently studying for her A-levels and is aiming at earning a place in university to study physical education.

Her older sister Jenna 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. O'Reilly also has two younger brothers, Frank and Reggie, who are boxers.