Shallon Olsen

Shallon Olsen
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Country represented	Canada
Born	10 July 2000 (age 16) Vancouver, British Columbia
Residence	Surrey, British Columbia
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2012–present
Club	Omega Sports Centre
Head coach(es)	Vladimir Lashin, Svetlana Lashin

Shallon Olsen (born July 10, 2000) is a Canadian artistic gymnast who represented Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics as the youngest (16 years old) member of the Canada women's national gymnastics team.

Olsen placed eighth in the individual vault competition final in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil while the Canadian Artistic Gymnastics Team finished ninth in the team competition.

Internationally, Olsen has participated in the 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships (Everett, Washington) and the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy (Venice, Italy).

Olsen was recognized as Kate Richardson Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year by Gymnastics BC.

As a 12-year-old, Olsen won the overall gold medal at the 2012 Canadian Gymnastics Championship in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Olsen earned the junior national vault championship in 2011 and held it until 2014 when moving up to senior level.

In the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Olsen won gold and bronze medals as a 10-year-old Grade 5 student.

As a high school student, Olsen attended Centennial Secondary in Coquitlam, British Columbia outside of her residence city to remain close to her six-day a week training at Omega Gymnastics in Coquitlam.

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