Rebecca Lauren Downie MBE (born 24 January 1992 in Nottingham) is a British artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008, 2016, and 2024 Summer Olympics.
[2] At the 2008 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Clermont-Ferrand in early April, Downie contributed scores of 14.750 on vault, 15.375 on uneven bars, and 14.850 on balance beam to the British team's sixth-place finish.
[4] Later in April, she won a silver medal on bars at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Cottbus, with a score of 14.975.
[5] In June, Downie competed at the British Championships in Guildford, where she won the all-around competition (59.650)[6] and the uneven bars title (15.200) and placed fourth on balance beam (14.500).
[11] The following month, she competed at the 2009 European Championships in Milan, where she placed eleventh in the all-around final (55.075) and sixth on vault (14.025) and uneven bars (14.525).
[16] In April, Downie placed tenth on uneven bars (13.300) and ninth on balance beam (13.875) at the World Cup event in Paris.
"[22] In October, she competed at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo and contributed an uneven bars score of 14.433 to the British team's fifth-place finish.
[23] At the beginning of June, Downie competed at an international friendly in Ipswich with gymnasts from Finland and Spain, which also served as Britain's second Olympic trial.
[38] On 6 July Downie was named to the team to compete at the 2018 European Championships alongside Alice Kinsella, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Kelly Simm, and Lucy Stanhope.
[39] On 7–8 July Downie returned to competition and competed at the Heerenveen Friendly where she tied for first on uneven bars and Great Britain placed third in the team final.
[45] During the team final she contributed scores on uneven bars and balance beam towards Great Britain's sixth-place finish.
[48] On 6 May, the night before the final Olympic trial was set to begin, Downie's brother Joshua died suddenly at a cricket match at the age of 24.
[49] Downie subsequently did not compete in that weekend's trial, and on 13 May British Gymnastics announced that they would delay the selection process in order to give her a fair chance of making the team.
[63] On March 21 it was confirmed that she was part of the British team for the 2023 European Championships alongside Ondine Achampong, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Jessica Gadirova, and Alice Kinsella.
[64][65] On March 26, 2023, at the British Championships Downie placed 1st on uneven bars with a score of 14.350 but withdrew from the balance beam final, citing an ankle injury.
Downie began her season at the Cairo World Cup, qualifying to event finals on the uneven bars where she finished seventh.
[69] She was named to the European Championships team, alongside Alice Kinsella, Ondine Achampong (later replaced by Abigail Martin), Ruby Evans, and Georgia-Mae Fenton.
In June Downie was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Kinsella, Evans, Fenton, and Martin.
During the team final Downie contributed scores on uneven bars and balance beam towards Great Britains fourth place finish.