Olivia Vivian

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, 2006, and 2014 World Championships.

Personal life Olivia Vivian was born on 13 July 1989 in Perth, Australia. Her father, Craig, was a plumber, and her mother, Gillian, is a real estate agent. She started gymnastics when she was eight after originally being in ballet. Her first gym was Claremont P.C.Y.C, and her first coach was Julia Clapsis. Her favourite apparatus was uneven bars.

2008 Olympics Vivian was selected to represent Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she competed on uneven bars. She scored a 14.925 in the qualification round which helped Australia qualify fifth into the team final.

Collegiate career (2009–2012) Vivian competed for the Oregon State Beavers. She was limited to uneven bars her freshman year due to multiple injuries. Vivian was also the PAC-10 Co-Champion on uneven bars, and she finished sixth at the NCAA Championships. Despite having the 4th highest bar score on the uneven bars, she did not qualify into the apparatus event finals 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. Vivian was selected to compete at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where she helped her team finish seventh.

Olivia Vivian retired from gymnastics in October of 2016, and she joined Cirque Du Soleil.

TV appearances Ninja Warrior In 2017 she was a competitor in the inaugural season of Australian Ninja Warrior. She returned for season 2, being the only woman to make it to the Grand Final, and in season 3 became the first woman to make it to the Grand Final in two consecutive years. In 2020, she became the only female competitor worldwide to reach the second stage of the Grand Final. She also competed for Western Australia in the Australian Ninja Warrior: State of Origin special.

In 2019, Vivian participated on Team Australia in a special episode of the U.S. version, American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World. She returned for another edition of USA vs. The World in 2020, again on Team Australia. She also appeared in the fourth and fifth seasons of Sasuke Vietnam, becoming the first female competitor to clear Stage Two in that competition.

Ninja World Championships In September 2019, Vivian competed in the inaugural World Obstacle Ninja World Championships in Moscow, Russia, winning the Gold Medal in 4 minutes 00 seconds. Her fastest run in the qualifying rounds of 3 minutes 15 seconds established the women's World Record for the international standard 160m long "speed" course, a format used in the American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja course. Vivan is the Ninja Athlete Advisory Council Chair at World Obstacle.

The Celebrity Apprentice

In September 2020, Vivian was announced as a celebrity contestant on the revived new season of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia in 2021.

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