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Elijah Thompson
Elite Senior Men’s Artistic Gymnast
November 2007 - November 2021
14 years in
competitive gymnastics:
7 National
Championships:
2011 (7th All Around Argo A)
2012 (1st All Around Argo A and B; 4th All Around Argo
C)
2013 (1st All Around Argo Champion, Silver Rings and
Floor, Bronze Vault, 4th High Bar, Parallel Bars and Pommel Horse); Kyle
Shewfelt Award for High Performance Argo All Round Gymnast
(2014 Westerns as no Nationals for under 14's that
year, AA Gold)
2016 (2nd Flexibility and Strength, Novice Division)
2018 (Bronze Vault, 5th High Bar, 16-17yr Junior
Division)
2019 (1st Year Senior, competed +4.4 difficulty on 4
events)
2021 (Competed 3 events as a Next Gen Senior: Vault,
Floor and High Bar)
2 Western
Championships (2010 as Argo A and 2014: AA Gold, no Nationals that year for under 14's)
1 Canada Winter
Games (2019
Highest ranking Albertan, qualified for AA, Vault and Floor Finals; 4th on
Vault, 8th on Floor and Flag Bearer for Team Alberta)
1 Canada Winter
Games Development Team Competition- Team
Gold (chosen to represent Alberta with the Development Team at BlackJack
International in Vegas 2014, but surgery prevented participation in 2015 Canada
Winter Games)
National
Training Camps across Canada:
Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Toronto, Laval
International
Training Camps:
China 2013
U.K. 2014
U.S.A. 2016
National Team
Standing:
2011 - Invited to all National Age Group Camps
2012 - National Age Group Team
2013 - National Age Group Team
2014 - National Age Group Team
2015 - National Age Group Team
2018 - National Junior Espoir Team
Resilience:
Following each and every injury or surgery, returned
to the highest level of elite men's artistic gymnastics competition in Canada.
Awards:
● Adam Wong Leadership Award 2010
● Performance Award, Calgary
Gymnastics Centre 2012
● Performance Award, Calgary
Gymnastics Centre 2013
● National Achievement Award, Alberta
Gymnastics Federation 2012
● National Achievement Award, Alberta
Gymnastics Federation 2013
● National Achievement Award,
Gymnastics Canada 2013
● National Achievement Award Alberta Gymnastics
Federation 2014
● Heart of a Champion Award, Calgary
Gymnastics Centre 2016
● National Achievement Award, Alberta
Gymnastics Federation
● Espoir Status, Junior Men's
Gymnastics 2017-2018, Gymnastics Canada
● 2017 WinSport Sport Development
Award
● 2018 WinSport Sport Development
Award
● 2018 Saint John Jeux Canada Games
Award
International
Assignment:
2014 Cottbus Cup, Germany (cancelled by GymCan)
Demonstrator
Assignments:
● Numerous Alberta Camps with
Miguel Costante
● San Francisco, California
2016, with Lee Woolls
● Gymnastics Canada Digital
NCCP Coaching Manual
Media:
Canada Winter Games 2019 Flag Bearer Interview - CBC
CBC Interview 2019
Elijah Thompson
YouTube:
Elijah Thompson
Gymnastics Channel
Elijah’s Blog:
Elijah's Gymnastics Blog 2012-2018
Krista’s Blog:
Mom's Overcoming Memories Blog
Inspiring Albertan:
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=914849
CTV Athlete of the Week:
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/gymnastics-athlete-wows-coaches-at-a-young-age-1.2995030
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/international-success-for-11-year-old-calgary-gymnast-1.1158386
Nationals AA Champion CTV:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/eGXC5uQRS4eM68eF9
https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/red-deer-welcomes-2019-canada-winter-games-team-alberta/
Kyle Shewfelt Interview following Nationals 2013 AA
Championship Gold:
2014 Western Canadian Championships All Around Elite 4
Champion:
2011-2018 Media:
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