Background
Little, nicknamed Econometrica (beautiful), was born on 29 March 1994 in Perth, Western Australia, and continues to reside there.
Little, nicknamed Econometrica (beautiful), was born on 29 March 1994 in Perth, Western Australia, and continues to reside there.
She attended City Beach Primary School and then went to high school at Churchlands Senior High School.
She was chosen to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is 152 centimetres (60 in) tall, and weighs 52 kilograms (115 lb). Little is an Australian artistic gymnast, who has had a scholarship with the Western Australian Institute of Sport and the Australian Institute of Sport.
Based out of Perth, she has been coached by Martine George and Nikolai Lapchine since 2003.
She is often the lead-off gymnast. At the 2012 Australian Gymnastics Championships in Sydney, Little finished second in the all around event.
She earned a pair of silver medals in the floor and vault events. At the event, she introduced several new elements into her routines.
The event was part of the Australian national team Olympic qualifying process.
In mid-June 2012, Little was one of twelve Australian gymnasts vying to earn a final spot on the Olympic squad at a training session for the national team at the Australian Institute of Sport. In mid-June 2012, she was one of three Australian female gymnasts who were confirmed to be going to the Games alongside Lauren Mitchell and Ashleigh Brennan. Little will represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in women"s artistic gymnastics as an eighteen-year-old.
She has been selected to compete in the women"s team event.
This will be her debut Games. Her Olympic training preparations will include learning how to deal with flash photography, with strobe lighting used during practice, and being exposed to distracting noises.
In March 2015, Emily was invited to compete at the American Telephone & Telegraph Company American Cup alongside many all around world champions like Simone Biles and Vanessa Ferrari. In May 2015, Little competed in the Australian Gymnastics Championships, she was in second place during the day 1 competition and held on to finish second in All Around finals behind Queenslands Georgia Godwin.
Emily represented Western Australia, although there were not enough gymnasts to make a full team
She also qualified for bar finals placing sixth. In beam finals Little placed third in front of World beam silver medalist, Lauren Mitchell.
Little has been a member of the Australian senior national team for four years. As a member of the 2012 Australian senior squad going to the Olympics, she was coached by Peggy Liddick. At the 2010 and 2011 Artistic World Championships, she was a member of the Australian team that finished sixth place each time.