In November Morgan made her international comeback at the Cottbus World Cup in Germany. She healed in time for the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart as travelling reserve but she re-injured herself and Kelly Simm took her place. Just after the European Championships Morgan sustained an injury. Morgan was also a reserve for the bars and beam final. At the European Championships Morgan finished fifth in the all-around qualification but did not advance to the final due to teammates Kinsella and Downie scoring higher. Morgan competed at the British Championships and won bronze in the all-around, on uneven bars, and on balance beam. She was later selected to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside Ellie Downie, Alice Kinsella, and Kelly Simm. Morgan turned senior in 2019 and made her debut at the English Championships where she won gold in the all-around, finishing 1.75 points ahead of second place Kelly Simm. Morgan ended 2017 competed at the Top Gym Tournament where she placed fifth in the all-around, fourth on beam, but won gold on floor exercise. In November Morgan competed at the Olympic Hopes Cup where she won gold in the all-around and on floor exercise and won silver on vault. In July Morgan competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival where she won bronze on balance beam behind Ksenia Klimenko of Russia and Asia D’Amato of Italy. In late June Morgan announced that she had verbally committed to attend the University of California, Berkeley on a gymnastics scholarship. Morgan finished second at the British Championships behind Taeja James. While there she won silver in the all-around and on floor excerise, once again behind Villa, and won bronze on balance beam behind Tang Xijing of China and Klimenko. Later in the year Morgan was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. While there Morgan won a record 5 medals – silver in the all-around and on balance beam, both behind Giorgia Villa of Italy, and bronze in the team final, vault (behind Asia D’Amato of Italy and Villa), and floor exercise (behind Ioana Stanciulescu of Romania and Villa). She was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2018 European Championships. Morgan won gold in the all-around at both the English Championships and the British Championships. In order to juggle her education with her 35 hour a week training schedule, Amelie was homeschooled through Wolsey Hall, Oxford for her IGCSEs. In 2017 she transferred to The Academy of Gymnastics. She joined Slough Gymnastics club when they first opened in 2010. Morgan was born in Slough, Berkshire in 2003.
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