Canadian Gymnast of the Month

Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs


2004 Pacific Alliance Championships
2004 American Cup
2005 World Individual Championships
2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 Pacific Alliance Championships
2006 World Championships
2006 World Cup Finals
2007 American Cup
2007 World Championships

Hometown / Lieu de residence: Toronto, ON
Birth Place / Lieu de naissance: Mississauga, ON
Birth Year / Annee de naissance: 1989
Club: Sport Seneca
Coach / Entraineur: Carol-Angela Orchard, Lawson Hamer, Brian McVey
Favorite Event: All Four
Began Gymnastics: 4 years old

Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs has been a rising star in Canada since winning the national novice title in 2001. Last year she moved up to the senior team with spectacular results, qualifying for finals in all her events at World Cup meets in New York and Sao Paulo, Brazil. She won the all around at the Gymnix in Montreal and placed first on the balance beam at the Canadian championships.

Competing in October at the Massilia Cup in Marseilles, France, Elyse notched her first international victory with a gold medal on beam. A month later, Elyse was the lone Canadian woman to qualify for the 2005 world championships in Melbourne, Australia where she posted an impressive 10th on uneven bars.

Elyse is the latest in a long line of national team members produced at Sport Seneca in Toronto, where she is coached by Carol-Angela Orchard, Brian McVey and Lawson Hammer who see her following in the steps of previous Olympians such as Monica Covacci and Michelle Conway.

A strong all around competitor, Elyse is known for her personality and powerful tumbling passes on floor, and a difficult beam routine including an eye catching aerial cartwheel not done by any other competitor in the world.

Too young for the 2004 Olympics by just 10 months, Elyse is focusing her efforts on making her mark at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing

Competition Highlights
2007 Elite Canada (Abbotsford, BC)
Senior 1st (tie) Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 1st Beam/poutre;

2007 Glasgow Grand Prix, Glasgow, SCO
2nd Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 2nd Beam/poutre

2007 Swiss Cup (Zurich, SUI)
6th All-Around/ multiple individuel (with Nathan Gafuik)

2007 24th Arthur Gander Memorial (Morges, SUI)
3rd All-Around/ multiple individuel; 1st Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques

2007 40th World Championships (Stuttgart, GER)
14th Team/equipe

2007 16th Internationaux de France (Paris, FRA)
3rd Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 6th Beam/poutre

2007 Tyson American Cup (Jacksonville, USA)
4th All-Around/ multiple individuel

2006 13th World Cup Finals (Sao Paulo, BRA)
5th Beam/poutre

2006 Elite Canada (Toronto, ON)
Senior 3rd Beam/poutre

2006 World Championships (Aarhus, DEN)
14th Team/ėquipe; 16th All-Around/ multiple individuel; 3rd Beam/poutre

2006 Canadian Championships (Quebec City, QC)
Senior 1st All-Around/ multiple individuel; 2nd Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 2nd Beam/poutre; 1st Floor/sol

2006 Pacific Alliance Championships (Honolulu, USA)
3rd Team/ėquipe; 4th All-Around/ multiple individuel; 5th Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 3rd Beam/poutre; 3rd Floor/sol

2006 Commonwealth Games (Melbourne, AUS)
3rd Team/ėquipe; 2nd All-Around/ multiple individuel; 7th Vault/saut; 1st Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 1st Beam/poutre; 6th Floor/sol

2006 Commonwealth Games Trials (Mississauga, ON)
1st All-Around/ multiple individuel

2005 38th World Individual Championships (Melbourne, AUS)
10th Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques

2005 DTB Pokal (Stuttgart, GER)
5th Beam/poutre

2005 Massilia Gym Cup (Marseille, FRA)
3rd Team/ėquipe; 8th All-Around/ multiple individuel; 7th Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 1st Beam/poutre

2005 Canadian Championships / Championnats canadiens
(Vancouver, BC) 7th All-Around/ multiple individuel; 6th Vault/saut; 2nd Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 1st Beam/poutre; 5th Floor/sol

2005 Siegfried Fischer Trophy (Sao Paulo, BRA)
6th Vault/saut; 5th Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 4th Beam/poutre; 8th Floor/sol

2005 Gymnix International (Montreal, QC)
1st All-Around/ multiple individuel; 2nd Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 1st Beam/poutre; 1st Floor/sol

2005 American Cup (Long Island, USA)
8th Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 6th Beam/poutre; 7th Floor/sol

2004 Elite Canada (Calgary, AB)
8th All-Around/ multiple individuel; 1st Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 5th Beam/poutre

2004 Massilia Cup (Marseilles, FRA)
3rd Team/ėquipe; 9th All-Around/ multiple individuel; 5th Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 8th Beam/poutre

2004 Jr. Pan Am Championships, San Salvador, ESA
2nd Team/ėquipe;6th All-around/multiple individuel;, 5th Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 2nd Beam/poutre

2004 Pacific Alliance Championships (Honolulu, USA)
5th Team/ėquipe; 10th All-Around/ multiple individuel; 6th Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques

2004 Canadian Championships / Championnats canadiens
(Mississauga, ON) 6thAll-Around/multiple individuel; 3rd Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques;7th Beam/poutre; 6th Floor/sol

2004 Jurassic Classic (Calgary, AB)
2nd Team/equipe; 1st All-Around/multiple individuel; 6th Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 1st Beam/poutre; 4th Floor/sol

2003 Elite Canada (Mississauga, ON)
4th All-Around/multiple individuel; 6th Vault/saut; 3rd Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 5th Beam/poutre

2003 Massilia Gym Cup (Marseille, FRA)
10th Team/equipe; 23rd All-Around/multiple individuel

2003 Canadian Championships (Saskatoon, SK)
1st All-Around/multiple individuel; 3rd Vault/saut; 1st Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 2nd Beam/poutre; 5th Floor/sol

2003 Gymnix International (Montreal, QC)
3rd All-Around/multiple individuel; 1st Vault/saut; 1st Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques

2003 Bluewater International (Sarnia, ON)
12th All-Around/multiple individuel; 1st Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques

2003 Great West Gymfest, Coeur dAlene, USA
2nd All-Around/multiple individuel; 3rd Vault/saut; 4th Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 7th Beam/poutre; 1st Floor/sol

2003 Australian Youth Olympic Festival (Sydney, AUS)
3rd Team/equipe; 8th All-Around/multiple individuel

2002 Elite Canada (Gatineau, QC)
2nd All-Around/multiple individuel; 1st Vault/saut; 1st Uneven Bars/barres asymetriques; 1st Beam/poutre; 7th Floor/sol


source: cangym.org