Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Finished 16th in the all-around at the 2008 Olympic Games
• Is the first Canadian female gymnast to win a medal at a World Championships (bronze on beam in 2006)
• Has won six World Cup medals on beam and uneven bars
• “She’s had a phenomenal career and she is by far Canada’s most successful female gymnast” – coach Carol Angela Orchard
• Too young to compete at the 2004 Olympic Games, by 10 months
• The lone Canadian woman to qualify for the 2005 World Championships where she finished 10th on the uneven bars
• Four-time medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games but did not win the all-around title, despite being tied with the eventual winner Chloe Sims (Australia) – the new tie break rule separated them, but Sims still invited her onto the gold medal step on the podium