2019 Gymnastics Roster
Olsen, Shallon

Shallon Olsen
- Position:
- All-Around
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- High School:
- Centennial
Bio
Accolades
- 2021 Tokyo Olympian
- 2018 FIG World Championships Silver Medalist - Vault
- 2019 Pan American Games Silver Medal (team) and Bronze Medal (vault)
- 2021 First-Team Championships All-American - Vault
- 2022 Second-Team Championships All-American - Vault
- 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Scholastic All-American
- 2019, 2021, 2023 All-SEC
- 2019 SEC All-Freshman
- 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023
- Competed 18 routines in the 2023 season, contributing 11 vaults, six floor exercise routines and one balance beam routine
- Earned a 9.925 on vault at the 2023 SEC Championships
- Won two individual titles on the vault, scoring a 9.950 at the Metroplex Challenge and a 9.900 vs. Missouri to win the event title in both contests
- Tallied nine scores of 9.850-or-better on the vault
- Earned a season-best 9.875 against Georgia on the floor exercise
- Ended the season ranked 35th nationally and 11th within the Southeastern Conference on the vault
2022
- Earned Second Team All-American honors on the vault at the NCAA Championships
- Posted a career-best 9.925 on the floor exercise against Arkansas and again in the NCAA Seattle Regional Championships Final
- Posted a career high of 9.950 on vault at the NCAA Seattle Regional Championships Semifinals
- Tied her career-best score of 9.950 on the balance beam at the NCAA Seattle Regional Championships Semifinals
- Competed in Tide's vault lineup in 13 of 14 meets in the 2022 season
- Scored 9.900-or-better from the lead-off spot on vault in seven of the 12 vaults of the season
- Awarded the Penney Hauschild Award for competitive consistency the 2022 season
2021
- Competed at the Tokyo Olympics, reaching event finals on vault for the second Olympiad in a row
- First-Team Championship All-American on vault
- First Team All-SEC
- Scored season-high scores at the NCAA Championships in all three of her events, vault (9.925), balance beam (9.8625) and floor exercise (9.8875)
- Her 9.925 on vault was matched her career-best and was the Tide's highest-scoring vault of the NCAA Championships
- Posted a career-best 9.925 on the vault in the SEC Championships
- Competed in the vault lineup in every meet of the season, also competing nine times on the floor exercise and four times on balance beam
- Scholastic All-American and SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020
- 2019 FIG World Championships finalist on the vault, marking the third-consecutive time she finaled in the vault at Worlds
- Competed a Yurchenko double-twisting vault for a score of 14.600 before hitting her second vault, a Cheng, for a 14.866, giving her a final scoring average of 14.733 during the World Championships event finals
- Competed on vault and floor in all nine meets of the Covid-shortened season
- Scored a season-best 9.900 to win the vault against Georgia
- Posted career-best marks of 9.900 on the floor exercise against Missouri, Arkansas and Kentucky
- Scholastic All-American and SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019
- 2018 FIG World Championships silver medalist on the vault, finishing behind the United States' Simone Biles, with a score of 14.516
- Posted the second-highest vault score at the 2018 World Championships in the team qualifying round and the team finals as well as individual finals
- Second Alabama gymnast to earn a medal on the vault at the World Championships, following Kayla Williams, the gold medalist for the United States at the 2009 Worlds
- Led Canada to a historic fourth-place team finish at the World Championships
- Won silver with Team Canada and bronze on vault at the Pan American Games
- All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman
- Vaulted in all 14 meets, including posting a 9.875 or better 11 times
- Posted a season-best 9.900 on the vault at Georgia, against LSU (1/25) and in the second round of the NCAA Regional Championships
- Competed on balance beam 12 times, scoring a career-best 9.950 at Oklahoma
- Competed on floor exercise in 13 meets, posting a career-best 9.900 in the Tide's second Quad Meet and at Elevate the Stage
- Scholastic All-American and SEC Academic Honor Roll
Prep Highlights
- Coached by Vladimir Lashin and Svetlana Lasina at Omega Gymnastics
- 2016 Canadian Olympian, finishing eighth on the vault in Rio
- Member of the Canadian national team since 2010
- 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medalist on the vault
- Seventh on the vault and 16th on the floor exercise at the 2017 World Championships.
Personal Information
- Full name: Shallon Olsen
- Daughter of Jayne Chow-Olsen and Tony Olsen
- Major: Communication Studies
- Born on July 10, 2000
NCAA Championships Preview: Lilly Hudson
Monday, April 14
NCAA Championships Preview: Ashley Johnston & Justin Spring
Monday, April 14
NCAA Regional Final: Gabby Gladieux, Lilly Hudson, Paityn Walker & Coach Johnston
Sunday, April 06
NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Press Conference: Ashley Johnston, Ryan Fuller, Gabby Gladieux & Lilly Hudson
Friday, April 04