Olivia Vivian | ||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | Liv | |||||||||
Country represented | Australia | |||||||||
Regions represented | Western Australia | |||||||||
Born |
Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
July 13, 1989 |||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | |||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||
Gym | WAIS | |||||||||
College team | Oregon State University | |||||||||
Head coach(es) | Martine George and Josh Fabian | |||||||||
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Olivia Vivian (born 13 July 1989 in Perth) is an Australian artistic gymnast who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. After competing at the 2008 Olympics, Vivian competed for Oregon State University in NCAA gymnastics for four years. She also competed in the 2005 and 2006 World Championships.
Olivia Vivian was born on July 13, 1989 in Perth, Australia. She started gymnastics when she was 8. Her first gym was Claremont P.C.Y.C, and her first coach was Julia Calapsis. Her favourite apparatus is uneven bars.
Olivia was named to the Olympic team in 2008 where she contributed the highest score of her team on Uneven Bars helping the Australian women to a historic 6th-place finish.
Vivian competed on all four events and helped her team win the silver medal. Despite having the 4th highest bar score on the uneven bars, she did not qualify into the article because of the two-per country rule. She qualified eleventh into the all-around final with a score of 50.765, the highest of the Australian gymnasts. In the all-around final, she finished fifth with a score of 52.632.