Shallon Olsen

Shallon Jade Olsen (born 10 July 2000) is a Canadian artistic gymnast.

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.

She began gymnastics when she was three years old.

She 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.

Olsen made her elite debut at 2009 Elite Canada where she placed fifth in the all-around in the novice division.

She won the bronze medal on the floor exercise behind Maegan Chant and Jordyn Pedersen.

In 2010, she won the gold medal in the all-around at Elite Canada and the silver medal at the Novice Canadian Championships.

At the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Olsen won the silver medal with the British Columbia team.

Individually, she won the bronze medal on the balance beam and the gold medal on the floor exercise.

She 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.

Olsen moved up to the junior level in 2012 and won the gold medal in the all-around at Elite Canada.

In the event finals, she won the gold medals on the vault and on the floor exercise and tied for the silver medal on the uneven bars and placed eighth on the balance beam.

She also won the all-around gold medal at the Canadian Gymnastics Championship in Regina, Saskatchewan.

She made her international debut at the Élite Gym Massilia in November, winning gold with her team and silver in the all-around behind compatriot Rose-Kaying Woo.

Olsen began her 2013 season by defending her Elite Canada all-around title.

Additionally, she won the gold medal on the vault and the silver medal on the floor exercise, and she finished sixth on the uneven bars and fourth on the balance beam.

She then competed at the International Gymnix, winning gold on vault and placing tenth in the all-around.

In May, she competed at the Canadian Championships, winning gold in the all-around, vault, and floor exercise, and placing fourth on bars and fifth on beam.

In November, she competed again at the Élite Gym Massilia placing fifth with the Canadian team, thirteenth in the all-around, and fourth on vault.

Olsen was awarded the Kate Richardson Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year by Gymnastics British Columbia.

In February, Olsen began her season at Elite Canada, winning gold on vault and floor and silver in the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam.

One month later at the International Gymnix, she won gold on vault, silver with her team and on floor, bronze in the all-around, and placed seventh on balance beam.

She 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.

In the event finals, Olsen won the silver medal on the vault behind Brazil's Rebeca Andrade and placed forth on the floor exercise.

Then at the Pacific Championships in Richmond, she helped team Canada win the silver medal behind the United States.

Individually, 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.

In May, Olsen competed at the Canadian National Championships, winning vault gold, all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam silver, and floor exercise bronze.

Then in November, she competed at the Elite Gym Massilia and won silver on vault and placed fifth with her team and eleventh in the all-around.

Olsen competed in the senior division of the Elite Canada in late January, winning vault gold, floor exercise bronze, and placing sixth in the all-around and eighth on beam.

Then at the Canada Games, she helped the British Columbia team win the bronze medal.

Individually, Olsen won the silver medal in the all-around behind Rose-Kaying Woo and on vault and floor exercise behind Megan Roberts.

She also won the bronze on the uneven bars and placed fourth on the balance beam.

In March, she competed at the International Gymnix, winning team and vault gold and placing eighth in the all-around.

Then at the City of Jesolo Trophy, she won team and vault silver and placed tenth in the all-around.

She is also the 2016 Pacific Rim vault champion, team silver medalist, and floor exercise bronze medalist.

She represented Canada at the 2016 Olympics where she was the youngest member of the Canadian Olympic team and at the 2020 Olympic Games.

Additionally, she currently competes for the University of Alabama gymnastics team, and she helped the Crimson Tide win the 2021 SEC Championships.

She is the 2018 World silver medalist and 2018 Commonwealth Games champion on vault.

She is also the 2018 Commonwealth Games floor exercise bronze medalist and the 2019 Pan American Games vault bronze medalist.

She 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.