Shallon Olsen is the 2018 World silver medallist and 2018 Commonwealth Games champion on vault.
45 Facts About Shallon Olsen
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Shallon Olsen is the 2018 Commonwealth Games floor exercise bronze medallist and the 2019 Pan American Games vault bronze medallist.
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Shallon Olsen was a member of the Canadian team that won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the silver medal at the 2019 Pan American Games.
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Shallon Olsen is the 2016 Pacific Rim vault champion, team silver medallist, and floor exercise bronze medallist.
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Shallon Olsen represented Canada at the 2016 Olympics where she was the youngest member of the Canadian Olympic team and at the 2020 Olympic Games.
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Shallon Olsen was born on 10 July 2000 in Vancouver to parents Tony Olsen and Jayne Chow-Olsen, and she has an older brother named Chas.
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Shallon Olsen's mother was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Canada in 1966.
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Shallon Olsen began gymnastics when she was three years old.
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Shallon Olsen attended Centennial Secondary in Coquitlam, British Columbia outside of her hometown of Surrey to remain close to her six-day a week training at Omega Gymnastics.
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Shallon Olsen won the bronze medal on the floor exercise behind Maegan Chant and Jordyn Pedersen.
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At the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Shallon Olsen won the silver medal with the British Columbia team.
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Shallon Olsen won the gold medal in the all-around and on the vault and the silver medals on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise at the 2011 Novice Canadian Championships.
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Shallon Olsen moved up to the junior level in 2012 and won the gold medal in the all-around at Elite Canada.
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Shallon Olsen won the all-around gold medal at the Canadian Gymnastics Championship in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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Shallon Olsen began her 2013 season by defending her Elite Canada all-around title.
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Shallon Olsen then competed at the International Gymnix, winning gold on vault and placing tenth in the all-around.
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Shallon Olsen was awarded the Kate Richardson Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year by Gymnastics British Columbia.
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Shallon Olsen then traveled to Aracaju, Brazil for the Junior Pan American Championships and won team gold alongside teammates Rose-Kaying Woo, Megan Roberts, and Sydney Townsend.
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Individually, Shallon Olsen finished seventh in the all-around and sixth on uneven bars, and she won the bronze medal on vault and the silver medal on floor exercise.
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Individually, Shallon Olsen won the silver medal in the all-around behind Rose-Kaying Woo and on vault and floor exercise behind Megan Roberts.
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Shallon Olsen won the bronze on the uneven bars and placed fourth on the balance beam.
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Shallon Olsen placed fourteenth in the all-around and won the title on vault.
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Shallon Olsen went on to compete at the WOGA Classic in Frisco, Texas, winning vault and floor exercise gold and all-around silver behind Japan's Nagi Kajita.
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Shallon Olsen then competed at the Canadian Championships, winning vault gold, floor exercise silver, and placing fourth in the all-around, ninth on uneven bars, and eleventh on the balance beam.
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Shallon Olsen finished eighth in the final after touching her knee to the mat on the Amanar vault.
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Shallon Olsen began her 2018 season at Elite Canada, winning the gold medal on the vault and the silver on the floor exercise behind Brooklyn Moors.
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Shallon Olsen was selected to compete at the International Gymnix, where she again won gold on vault.
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Shallon Olsen placed fifth in the all-around, ninth on the balance beam, and fourth on the floor exercise.
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Shallon Olsen was selected to the Canadian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia alongside Ellie Black, Jade Chrobok, Isabela Onyshko, and Brittany Rogers.
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Shallon Olsen helped the Canadian team win the gold medal, and she qualified first into the vault final and third into the floor final.
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Shallon Olsen was named to Canada's World Championships team alongside Ellie Black, Sophie Marois, Brooklyn Moors, and Ana Padurariu.
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Shallon Olsen was named to the team to compete at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany alongside Ana Padurariu, Ellie Black, Brooklyn Moors, and Victoria-Kayen Woo.
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Shallon Olsen only competed once during the 2020 elite season- at Elite Canada on the vault and the uneven bars, finishing first and eighth respectively.
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Shallon Olsen returned to elite competition at the 2021 First Canadian Technical Trial, a virtual competition for Olympic team selection, and placed fourth in the all-around.
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On June 17, Shallon Olsen was officially named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team alongside Ellie Black, Brooklyn Moors, and Ava Stewart.
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In late June, Shallon Olsen was named to the team to represent Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Ellie Black, Cassie Lee, Aurelie Tran, and Ava Stewart.
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At the 2024 Olympic Games Shallon Olsen helped Canada qualify to the team final, where they ultimately finished fifth.
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Shallon Olsen joined the Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics team in the fall of 2018.
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Shallon Olsen made her NCAA gymnastics debut at Alabama on January 5,2019, winning the vault title in a quad meet against Southeast Missouri, Temple and Northern Illinois.
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At the Southeastern Conference Championships, Shallon Olsen helped Alabama finish third behind LSU and Florida.
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Shallon Olsen received All-SEC and SEC Freshman honors for her performance on the balance beam where she received a 9.925.
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Shallon Olsen was named Alabama Gymnastics Rookie of the Year at the conclusion of the 2019 season.
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At the 2021 SEC Championships, Shallon Olsen helped Alabama win the team title, the school's first SEC title since 2015.
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Shallon Olsen was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and as a Scholastic All-American in 2019,2020, and 2021.
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Shallon Olsen's hobbies include reading, completing word searches, baking, biking, and going to the movies.