OLSEN Shallon

Canada

Artistic Gymnastics

Date of Birth: 10 Jul 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.60/5'2''

Place of birth: VANCOUVER, BC

Birth Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Artistic Gymnastics	Women's All-Around
	Women's Vault	7
	Women's Uneven Bars
	Women's Balance Beam
	Women's Floor Exercise
	Women's Team CAN Canada

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Vault	Women's Vault Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	FX	VT	Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	26	8	9

World Championships

Year	Location	BB	FX	VT	Team
2019	Stuttgart, GER	-	48	4	7
2018	Doha, QAT	39	44	2	4
2017	Montreal, QC, CAN	-	16	7	-

Pan American Games

Year	Location	FX	VT	Team
2019	Lima, PER	18	3	2

Legend
BB - Balance Beam, FX - Floor Excercise, UB - Uneven Bars, VT - Vault, AA - Individual All-Around, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Nickname:

Shally, Doll Face (olympic.ca, 14 Jul 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Psychology - University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Languages spoken:

Club name:

Coach:

2016 (gymcan.org, 01 Jan 2018)

Start:

She got involved in gymnastics at age three. (olympic.ca, 14 Jul 2016)

Reason:

She took up gymnastics as a way to channel her energy. "When I was really young, around three, I remember cousins watching me doing flips. They couldn't stop me. I was just a non-stop jumping bean." (olympic.ca, 14 Jul 2016; globalnews.ca, 23 Aug 2016; gc2018.com, 01 Jan 2018)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (The Gymternet YouTube channel, 08 Mar 2017)

Hero:

US artistic gymnast Nastia Liukin, Romanian artistic gymnast Larisa Iordache. (gymcan.org, 12 Aug 2019)

Philosophy:

"No matter how impossible, unattainable or unimaginable something may seem, never give up. Surprise everyone." (gymcan.org, 14 Jul 2016)

Award:

While competing for the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL, United States of America, she was named to the SEC Academic Honour Roll. (rolltide.com, 07 Mar 2020)

In 2012 she was named Sport British Columbia [Sport BC] Female Athlete of the Year. (gymbc.org, 08 Mar 2013)

Milestones

She was the youngest Canadian athlete from any sport to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 09 Oct 2018; peacearchnews.com, 09 Apr 2018)

She became the first female artistic gymnast representing Canada to win a medal in vault at the world championships when she took bronze in the event at the 2018 edition of the tournament in Doha, Qatar. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 Sep 2019; tidesports.com, 15 Apr 2019; gymcan.org, 12 Aug 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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