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| Human Interest | |
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Sport Specific Information | |
| Why this sport? | Her older sister Alex did artistic swimming. She would regularly go to watch and joined in as soon as she could. |
General Interest | |
| Hero / Idol | Spanish artistic swimmer Andrea Fuentes, US sprinter Jesse Owens, Italian Moto GP rider Valentino Rossi. (teamgb.com, 01 Jun 2016; English Aquatics Team Media Guide, 2010) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She began swimming at age two, and became interested in artistic swimming at age eight at the Portsmouth Victoria club in England. |
International Debut | |
| Year | 2006 |
| Competing for | England |
| Tournament | Commonwealth Games |
| Location | Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
General Interest | |
| Nicknames | Olive (British Swimming, 09 Jan 2007) |
| Other information | RETIREMENT AND COMEBACK She was one of seven members of the British artistic swimming team to retire from the sport after the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. She and duet partner Katie Clark returned to the sport in 2015, and began full-time training in early 2016. (Amateur Swimming Association [ASA] Youtube channel, 22 Jan 2017; bbc.co.uk, 06 Mar 2016; swimming.org, 11 Nov 2015, 06 Aug 2013) COACHING She was a coach for the British team at the 2017 European Junior Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. (swimming.org, 26 Jun 2017; aquavision.org.uk, 07 Aug 2017) |
Further Personal Information | |
| Other names | Olivia Allison |
| Languages | English |
General Interest | |
| Awards and honours | In 2016 she won the Amateur Swimming Association [ASA] Performance Athlete of the Year award for Synchronised Swimming with duet partner Katie Clark. (readingchronicle.co.uk, 11 Dec 2016) |