Emily Roper (born 7 September 2005) is a Welsh

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and member of the British national team. She won gold on uneven bars and bronze in the all-around at the 2025

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. She was part of the Welsh team which won gold at the 2023 Northern European Gymnastics Championships. She represented Great Britain at the 2025 European Championships. She trains at Pipers Vale Gymnastics Club alongside her twin sister Abigail Roper who is also an artistic gymnast.

Senior gymnastics career

2021

At her first British Championships as a senior Roper placed fourth in the all-around behind

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and Emily Todd but won bronze in the vault and beam apparatus finals.

2022

At the 2022 English Championships Roper won bronze on vault. Later that month she won silver at the British Championships behind

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. She was named in the England team at the 2022 Leverkusen Cup alongside Tommera Hendricks and Veronika Kritski. They won bronze in the team competition. Roper was then selected for her first

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in 2022 as part of the English team. She won silver in the team competition finishing behind Wales, where her twin sister Abigail Roper was competing, and also on vault.

2023

At the 2023 English championships Roper placed seventh in the all-around and won gold on vault, her first senior gold medal. She then attended her first Welsh Championships, placing second on vault. Roper claimed another silver medal on vault, this time at the British Championships. Roper switched nationality to represent

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and competed at the 2023 Leverkusen Cup alongside her sister, Abigail Roper. The duo placed second in the team competition and individually Roper won gold in the all-around and on floor, as well as silver on bars and bronze on vault. She was then selected to compete at the 2023 Northern European Gymnastics Championships in

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alongside

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, Poppy-Grace Stickler, Evie Flage-Donovan, Annais Kamanga and her sister Abigail Roper. She helped Wales win the team competition and individually won gold on vault.

2024

At the 2024 British Championships Roper won bronze on vault and floor exercise as well as placing fourth on beam and seventh in the all-around.

2025

Roper was selected to represent

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at the 2025 Cottbus world cup alongside

and Charlotte Booth where she placed fourth in the uneven bar apparatus finals. At the 2025 British Championships Roper won bronze in the all-around and was national champion on uneven bars. Roper attended the 2025 Varna World Challenge Cup alongside

where she placed fourth on beam and sixth on vault and bars. She was selected for her first senior major international championships as part of the

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squad for the 2025 European Championships alongside Alia Leat,

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and

. She competed on the uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise and helped the team place sixth.

Competitive History

References

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