2011 Black became
age-eligible for senior international competition in 2011, but she missed the entire 2011 season after having surgery for a dislocated and broken toe and then dislocating her elbow. In event finals, Black won the gold medal on vault and the bronze medal on balance beam. Then in March, she made her international debut at the
International Gymnix held in
Montreal and finished second in the all-around. Then in the event finals, she won the gold medal on vault and the silver medal on balance beam. She then competed at the
Osijek World Challenge Cup and won her first
FIG World Cup medals with gold on both the vault and floor exercise. Black's successful results at these international competitions suddenly made her a strong contender for the 2012 Olympic team. At the end of June, Black was one of the twelve gymnasts chosen to compete at the Final Olympic Selection meet in Gatineau, Canada. On the first day of competition she placed sixth in the all-around and second on vault. Based on her performances here and at the Canadian Championships, she was selected to the five-member Olympic team alongside
Kristina Vaculik,
Victoria Moors,
Brittany Rogers, and
Dominique Pegg. She was the first female gymnast living east of Montreal to ever make the Canadian Olympic team. In July, Black made her Olympic debut at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London, United Kingdom. She helped the Canadian team qualify for the team finals for the first time since
1984, and individually, she qualified for the vault final. In the team final, the Canadian team finished fifth, the country's best ever result in an Olympic team final. In the vault final, Black injured her left ankle on her first vault after landing on all fours, receiving a score of 0.000. She tried to attempt her second vault, but decided not to because of the injury, meaning she placed eighth with a final score of 0.000. She did not compete for the rest of the year due to the injury, and once she recovered, she focused on learning new skills and aimed to improve her competition results for the upcoming season.
2013 At her first all-around
FIG World Cup event in Tokyo, Black won the bronze medal. She won gold medals in the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise event finals at the Ljubljana World Challenge Cup and was the most decorated gymnast of the event. In May, Black won her first national all-around title at the Canadian Championships and also won balance beam gold, floor exercise silver, and vault bronze. At the
Summer Universiade, Black finished fourth in the all-around with a score of 55.000, only two-tenths of a point away from the bronze medal. In the event finals, she finished fourth on vault by 0.088, third on beam, and tied for second on floor. This marked the first time a Canadian gymnast had won a medal at the
Universiade since 1983. She then competed at her first
World Championships and finished thirteenth in the all-around and eighth on the floor exercise.
2014 Black won the all-around and floor exercise gold medals at the
International Gymnix and the uneven bars and balance beam bronze medals. She then competed at the
Pacific Rim Championships with Yu,
Maegan Chant,
Rose-Kaying Woo,
Shallon Olsen, and
Megan Roberts, and they won the team silver medal behind the United States. Individually, Black won the all-around bronze medal and the vault gold medal. She defended her Canadian all-around title and also became national champion on the uneven bars. At the
Commonwealth Games, Black finished fourth with her
team and was upset for the bronze medal by Wales, and she fourth in the
all-around due to a fall on the floor exercise. In the event finals, Black won gold on the
balance beam, silver on the
vault, and bronze on the
floor exercise. She competed at the
World Championships in
Nanning,
China. The Canadian team finished twelfth and failed to advance to the team final, but Black qualified for the all-around and balance beam finals. In the all-around final, she placed ninth, the highest ever placement in a World or Olympic all-around final by a Canadian, besting compatriot
Victoria Moors' tenth-place finish from the year before. In the balance beam final, she placed seventh after a fall. After the World Championships, she competed at the
Stuttgart World Cup and finished seventh in the all-around and won the silver medal in the all-around at the Glasgow World Cup.
2015 In January, Black competed at the Elite Canada competition and won the balance beam title. She then competed at the
American Cup in
Arlington, Texas and placed fifth with an all-around. Then at the
City of Jesolo Trophy and helped the Canadian team win the bronze medal behind the United States and Italy. Individually, Black won the bronze medal on the vault. In May, Black won her third consecutive Canadian all-around title. Black competed at her first
Pan American Games which was hosted in
Toronto. The Canadian
team of Black,
Maegan Chant,
Madison Copiak,
Isabela Onyshko, and
Victoria-Kayen Woo won a silver medal behind the United States. In the
all-around final, Black won the gold medal with a score of 58.150, becoming the first non-American woman to become Pan American all-around champion since 1983 and the first Canadian to win the title since 1979. She then won the bronze medal in the
vault final. In the
balance beam final, she won gold by over a full point, and she also won the gold medal in the
floor exercise final. She was the most decorated Canadian athlete of the 2015 Pan American Games. Black also qualified to the all-around final in fourth place and in third place to the balance beam final. In the team finals, she contributed scores of 14.233 on the floor, 15.100 on the vault, and 13.566 on the beam to help the Canadian team finish sixth, their best-ever team finish at a World Championships. In the all-around final, she set a new record for the highest placement by a Canadian by finishing in seventh place. In the beam final, she fell on her full twist and finished in seventh place for the second year in a row.
2016 At Elite Canada, Black won the all-around bronze medal. She then competed at the
American Cup in
Newark, New Jersey and won the all-around bronze medal. Then at the Canadian Championships, she won the all-around silver medal. Black was chosen to represent Canada at her second
Olympic Games in
Rio de Janeiro alongside
Isabela Onyshko,
Shallon Olsen,
Brittany Rogers, and
Rose-Kaying Woo. The team did not reach the top eight for the team final because they finished in ninth place by only 0.168 points behind the Dutch team. In the all-around final, Black finished in fifth place with a score of 58.298, the highest place finish for a Canadian gymnast in the all-around at the Olympic Games.
2017 Black's first competition after the 2016 Olympic Games was the
Koper World Challenge Cup, where she won silver medals on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. In May, she won her fourth national all-around title. At the
Summer Universiade, she led the Canadian team to the silver medal behind Russia. Individually, she won bronze in the all-around final. In the event finals, she won gold on the beam and bronze on the bars. At the
World Championships in
Montreal, Black qualified for the all-around final in third place, the vault final in seventh, and the balance beam final in fourth. She was originally a reserve for the floor exercise final but was put in as a replacement for the injured American
Ragan Smith. In the all-around final, Black became the first Canadian to win an all-around medal at the
World Championships, winning the silver medal behind American
Morgan Hurd. During event finals, she placed fourth on vault, eighth on balance beam after a fall, and seventh on floor exercise after an out-of-bounds deduction.
2018 Black competed at her second
Commonwealth Games alongside
Shallon Olsen,
Isabela Onyshko,
Brittany Rogers, and
Rose-Kaying Woo. She helped Canada win gold for the first time since the
1990 Commonwealth Games ahead of second place England in the
team finals. Individually, Black won gold in the
all-around. She also won silver on
vault. In May, Black competed at the Canadian Championships where she won her fifth national all-around title. Then in September, she competed at the
Paris Challenge Cup where she won silver on vault, bronze on uneven bars, gold on balance beam, and silver on floor exercise. She was the only female gymnast at the event to medal on all four apparatuses. She was then named to the team to compete at the
World Championships. She helped Canada place fourth in the team final which was Canada's highest-ever team finish at the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Individually, Black placed twelfth in the all-around, seventh on vault, and fifth on the balance beam.
2019 Black began the 2019 season competing at Elite Canada where she placed second in the all-around. She also won gold on vault, silver on uneven bars and balance beam, and bronze on floor exercise. In March, Black competed at the
American Cup where she tied for the bronze medal in the all-around with
Mai Murakami. The following month, she competed at the
Tokyo World Cup where she won silver in the all-around. In May, she competed at the Canadian Championships and claimed her sixth national all-around title. Additionally, she won gold on floor exercise, silver on uneven bars, and bronze on the balance beam. In June, Black was named to the team to compete at the
Pan American Games alongside Moors,
Isabela Onyshko Shallon Olsen, and
Victoria-Kayen Woo. The team won the silver medal in the
team final behind the United States. In the
all-around final, Black was able to defend her
Pan American Games all-around title and was the first gymnast to ever do so. During the first day of event finals, she won gold on
vault and bronze on
uneven bars. The following day, she won the silver medal on
balance beam. With a total of nine
Pan American Games medals including five gold medals, she became the most decorated Canadian gymnast in Pan American Games history. She was selected as Canada's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony. On September 4, Black was named to the team to compete at the
World Championships in
Stuttgart,
Germany. During qualifications, the team placed fifth, thereby qualifying Canada a team to the
2020 Olympic Games in
Tokyo. Individually, she qualified for the all-around and balance beam finals. Black competed on all four apparatuses during the team final, helping Canada place seventh. During the individual all-around final, she finished in fourth place with a score of 56.232, only 0.167 points behind third place. While competing in the all-around final, she injured her ankle and had to withdraw from the balance beam final.
2020 In February, Black made her season debut at Elite Canada and won the gold medal on the uneven bars. Then at the
American Cup, she placed fifth in the all-around. She was scheduled to compete at the
Tokyo World Cup taking place on April 4. However, the Tokyo World Cup was later canceled due to the
coronavirus outbreak in Japan.
2021 Black competed at Elite Canada which was held virtually due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. She finished first in the all-around and on the balance beam. She then competed at the Canadian Championships where she won her seventh national all-around title. Additionally, she finished first on the balance beam and second on the vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise. On June 17, she was officially named to
Canada's 2020 Olympic team alongside
Ava Stewart,
Shallon Olsen, and
Brooklyn Moors. During the
Olympic qualification round, the Canadian team finished tenth, missing out on the team final. Individually, Black qualified for the all-around final in twenty-fourth place and for the balance beam final in sixth place, and she was the third reserve for the vault final. During a training session before the
all-around final, she injured her left ankle on a balance beam dismount, causing her to withdraw from the all-around final. She still competed in the balance beam final despite the injury, and she finished in fourth place, 0.134 points away from the bronze medal. After the Olympic Games, Black traveled across the United States on the
Gold Over America Tour.
2022 Black won the all-around title at the virtual Elite Canada competition. She then competed at the
City of Jesolo Trophy where she helped Canada finish third behind the United States and Italy. Individually, she won bronze on vault. In September, she competed at the
Paris World Challenge Cup and won bronze on the balance beam. She also competed a brand new skill on the uneven bars, a
piked clear-hip
Tkatchev with ½ turn, and got the skill named after her in the
Code of Points. During the team final, Black competed on all four apparatuses and helped Canada win the bronze medal, their first team medal at the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. This bronze medal also earned Canada a
team quota for the 2024 Olympic Games. She then finished fifth in the all-around final with a total score of 54.732. In the vault event final, she finished fourth. Then in the balance beam final, she won the silver medal with a score of 13.566.
2024 In late June Black was named to the team to represent
Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside
Cassie Lee,
Shallon Olsen,
Ava Stewart, and
Aurélie Tran. At the
2024 Olympic Games Black helped Canada qualify to the team final, where they ultimately finished fifth. Individually she qualified to the all-around and vault finals where she finished sixth in both.
2025 In April of 2025, Black competed on vault and uneven bars at the
Cairo World Cup, winning the gold medal in the vault final. She competed on uneven bars and balance beam during the qualification round and qualified for the beam final, where she ultimately finished in fifth place. == Awards ==