Emily Roper

Emily Kate Roper (born 7 September 2005) is a Welsh artistic gymnast and member of the British national team. She represented Wales at the 2026 Commonwealth Games where she won bronze on unevan bars and 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.

Early life and education Roper attended Copleston High School in Ipswich alongside her sister.

Senior gymnastics career

2021 At her first British Championships as a senior Roper placed fourth in the all-around behind Ondine Achampong, Ruby Stacey 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 Jessica Gadirova.

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 Northern European Gymnastics Championships 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 Wales 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 Halmstad alongside Ruby Evans, 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 Great Britain at the 2025 Cottbus world cup alongside Ruby Evans 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 Ruby Stacey 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 British squad for the 2025 European Championships alongside Alia Leat, Ruby Evans, Frances Stone and Ruby Stacey. She competed on the uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise and helped the team place sixth. She qualified for all the apparatus finals, winning gold on vault and floor exercise and silver on uneven bars and balance beam. The team placed fifth overall. Roper was named in the Welsh team for the 2026 Commonwealth Games alongside Ruby Evans, Frances Stone, Jemima Taylor and her sister Abigail Roper. She helped the team finish fourth and individually qualified to the all-around, vault and uneven bars finals. Roper made history by picking up a bronze medal on uneven bars, the same day as her sister Abigail Roper won bronze on vault.

Competitive History +Competitive history of Emily Roper at the junior levelYearEvent 2017 British Championships 24 British Team Championships 22 2018 English Championships 29 British Championships 18 British Team Championships 19 2019 English Championships 22 British Championships 18 British Team Championships 14