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Olivia FEDERICI
Sport Artistic Swimming
NOC Great Britain   
GenderWomen
Born13 Feb 1990 in Plymouth, ENG
Height1.67 m
 Human Interest 
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)

 Competition Highlights
Olympic Games
Rank Year Venue Event Result
Preliminary Round 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA Duet 160.732
9 2012 London, ENG Duet 177.270
6 2012 London, ENG Team 175.440
Preliminary Round 2008 Beijing, CHN Duet 88.584
World Championships
Rank Year Venue Event Result
9 2013 Barcelona, ESP Duet Free Routine 87.180
8 2013 Barcelona, ESP Duet Technical Routine 87.800
10 2011 Shanghai, CHN Duet Technical Routine 87.300
7 2011 Shanghai, CHN Free Routine Combination 87.760
8 2011 Shanghai, CHN Duet Free Routine 88.460
10 2009 Rome, ITA Team Free Routine 89.667
Preliminary Round 2009 Rome, ITA Team Technical Routine  
7 2009 Rome, ITA Free Routine Combination 89.334
11 2009 Rome, ITA Duet Technical Routine 89.166
10 2009 Rome, ITA Duet Free Routine 90.667
Preliminary Round 2007 Melbourne, VIC, AUS Duet Free Routine 86.167
Preliminary Round 2007 Melbourne, VIC, AUS Duet Technical Routine 84.833
European Championships
Rank Year Venue Event Result
10 2016 London, ENG Solo Technical Routine 79.263
10 2016 London, ENG Solo Free Routine 82.066 
8 2016 London, ENG Free Routine Combination 77.967
8 2016 London, ENG Duet Free Routine 81.433
8 2016 London, ENG Team Technical Routine 76.985
9 2016 London, ENG Duet Technical Routine 80.475
8 2016 London, ENG Team Free Routine 79.000
7 2012 Eindhoven, NED Duet 86.930
5 2012 Eindhoven, NED Team 86.590
5 2010 Budapest, HUN Duet 90.300
6 2010 Budapest, HUN Team 87.100
9 2008 Eindhoven, NED Duet 87.300
Preliminary Round 2006 Budapest, HUN Duet 81.400
FINA World Trophy
Rank Year Venue Event Result
7 2008 Madrid, ESP Total 355.333