Halifax Olympian Ellie Black medals in Summer Universiade

Nova Scotia Olympic athlete Ellie Black earned two medals for Canada at the 2013 Summer Universiade held in Kazan, Russia on Wednesday.

Halifax-native Black, 17, became the first Canadian woman to medal in artistic gymnastics at the Summer Universiade since 1983, when Anita Botnen took the bronze medal in beam.

After winning bronze in beam during this year’s competition, Black also took silver in the women’s floor routine.

In addition to her medals, Black placed fourth in the competitive women’s vault that featured five other Olympic athletes and placed fourth in the all-around individual competition that finished on Tuesday.

"It’s incredible," said Black. "I’m so happy. I mean, in my vault final too, I didn't medal but that was probably the highlight of my competition because I landed one of my vaults that I’ve never competed before. This is amazing to have represented Canada so well."

Black dominated at the Canadian championships held in Ottawa in April, where she proved herself to be at the senior high-performance level thanks to gold medals in the all-around competition and at the beam, silver in floor exercise and bronze at the vault.

Black gained national attention last summer as a surprise addition to the Olympic roster and contributed to Canada’s best-ever finish in team competition — fifth. She also qualified for the vault final in London, placing eighth.

This year marked the first time a Canadian team has competed in the women's artistic gymnastics competition since 1999.

The Universiade is an international multi-sport competition organized for university athletes.