Career
She represented Great Britain at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. 2014
Downie competed at the European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. = Youth Olympics Ellie was selected to compete at the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China through her performances at the European Championships.
At the Summer Youth Olympics, she earned four medals: silver on vault behind Wang Yan and bronze in the all-around, balance beam and floor exercise.
2015
Downie competed at the 2015 British Championships as a senior. She did well in qualifications qualifying for the Individual All-Around, Vault and Uneven Bars finals.
On Friday 17 April she competed in the Women"s Individual All-Around final, where she came 3rd behind Giulia Steingruber and Maria Kharenkova with a score of 56.623, winning a historic bronze medal for the British team This would be the first ever individual all-around medal for a British female gymnast at the European Championships.
Her older sister and teammate, Becky was in the stands cheering her on.
Downie was named as Sky Sports"s Sportswoman of the Month for April 2015. On 20 December 2015 she was crowned British Broadcasting Corporation Young Sports Personality of the Year.