Olivia Vivian

Olivia Vivian is a cafe owner and former gymnast from Cottesloe, Western Australia, who firstly competed on Australian Ninja Warrior.

Australian Ninja Warrior
On Australian Ninja Warrior, Olivia made all the way to the Warped Wall in her heat (Heat 2). However, she couldn't scale it after three attempts, and her performance wasn't good enough to qualify to the semifinals.

Australian Ninja Warrior 2
On Australian Ninja Warrior 2, Olivia competed along with her boyfriend and fellow competitor, Ben Polson. Prior to competing on this season, she had trained relentlessly on obstacle courses (particularly on the Warped Wall), including participating on ninja competitions across the United States and Australia. Those preparation paid off for her, as in her heat (Heat 1), she was able to scale the Warped Wall and complete the qualifying heat course, becoming the first woman ever to do so and the second woman to scale the Warped Wall on Australian Ninja Warrior. In her semifinal (Semifinal 1), she made all the way to the eighth obstacle (the Hourglass to Tramp to Rope) and finished in sixth place, becoming the first woman ever in Australian Ninja Warrior history to qualify to the grand final. During the grand final, she had a great run in Stage One, but one wrong move on the seventh obstacle (the Rumbling Dice) ended her run.

Interestingly, every time she faced the Warped Wall on this season, she completed it by back-flipping after reaching the top of the obstacle, the same technique that Jake Murray did during American Ninja Warrior 8's Indianapolis finals

Australian Ninja Warrior 3
She returned for her 3rd time in Australian Ninja Warrior 3. She competed in Heat 3 of qualifiers, and like the previous season, she hit the buzzer. She became the first Australian woman to complete a semifinals course in Semifinal 3, with the time 6 minutes and 47 seconds, placing 4th that night. Vivian appeared on track to complete the Grand Final Stage 1 course, but on the eighth obstacle, stumbled on the trampoline leading to the Spider Jump, ending her season and missing out on Stage 2 for the second time.

Australian Ninja Warrior 4
In Australian Ninja Warrior 4, Olivia competed in Heat 2 and was one of only two to beat the warped wall (along with her boyfriend, Ben Polson), qualifying in 2nd position. She was up against Ben in the Power Tower, becoming the first woman in the world to attempt it in competition. Polson took an early lead on the stairs climbing up the tower, and despite a quick comeback effort at the end, she narrowly lost to Ben.

Olivia moved on to Semifinal 2 and cleared the course for the 2nd year in a row, becoming the first woman competitor to beat the semifinal course twice in a row. While she did it at a slow pace of 10 mins and 17 seconds (the slowest ever semifinal run on Australian Ninja Warrior), she placed 5th and punched her ticket to the Grand Final.

In Grand Final Stage 1, she beat the course for the first time with 6 seconds left, the first Australian woman to do so, and placed 6th out of the 8 clears. In Stage 2, she fell on the Salmon Ladder to Unstable Bridge (on the Salmon Ladder).

Australian Ninja Warrior 5
Olivia returned to compete on the fifth season in the first round of qualifying. She made it all the way to Part A or B where Olivia went with the new obstacles, where she was the first person this season to do so. Making it through the first part of the obstacle then quickly getting to the Ring Chaser going for the second jump to the ring which she successfully made but as soon as she had a backswing the ring slid off sending her into the water but qualifying for the semi-finals in 13th place.

She then returned to compete in the second round of the semi’s where Olivia wanted revenge on the course. Olivia then made it past the Dragon Back which had taken out her boyfriend, Ben Polson then she made it all the way to the semi’s buzzer qualifying for the Grand Finals for the fourth time and her third time completing the city finals course.

Olivia returned for the Grand Finals where she had a scare on Snake Run but was able to get by then Olivia got past the Salmon Ladder which had taken her out the past season on Stage 2 then swam through the Underwater Escape and hit the buzzer with twenty seconds left beating the previous record of six seconds held by a women which was her and moving onto the Grand Final 2. Olivia also now has the most time remaining on any Grand Final 1 or Stage 1 course with Jesse LaBreck tying her for top time around the world the past season on American Ninja Warrior, Jessie Graff clocking in with over twelve seconds, Allyssa Beird clocking in with over eight seconds, and Tanabe Chie clocking in with over one second.

Olivia then returned to compete in the Grand Final 2 aiming to be the first women to beat the Grand Final 2. She got by the first two obstacles including the Salmon Ladder which knocked her out in the previous season then failing the third obstacle, the I-Beam Gap, which later that night knocked out the reigning champion and her own boyfriend, Ben Polson.

Australian Ninja Warrior: Record Breakers
Olivia returned in the Record Breakers competed in three different challenges: The Super Salmon Ladder, Sprinting Steps Showdown, and Ferocious Ferris Wheel.

She was the first ninja in the Super Salmon Ladder to compete it that night scaling the rungs on Stage 4 getting quickly to the 21st rung coming in second in the world for the women after Barclay Stockett at 28th rungs.

Olivia then came to compete in the Sprinting Steps Showdown where she was one of the preselected ninjas and started off with this, “If you want to be the best, you got to beat the best.” then challenged her boyfriend/champion Ben Polson where she won the first heat knocking out the reigning champion and moving onto Round 2 and then going against Ashlin Herbert in Round 2 where she got off to a slow start and eventually lost to the winner of the challenge, Ashlin Herbert.

She then competed in the Ferocious Ferris Wheel where it was only the top women ninjas. Olivia competed in Round 2 where she beat Judith Carrol then competed in the final round against the first ninja to attempt the Warped Wall, Andrea Hah, where Olivia won in the end then congratulating Andrea for pushing her and starting off this row of women who have competed on the show.

SASUKE Vietnam 4
After competing on Australian Ninja Warrior 2, Olivia (along with his boyfriend Ben Polson and fellow Australian competitor Fred Dorrington) flew to Vietnam to compete on SASUKE Vietnam 4.

In Stage 1B, she fell early on the Hedgehog, but was given a wildcard to advance. Then, she completed Stage 2 with the time of 4:16.06 seconds, becoming the first female competitor to do so on SASUKE Vietnam. Finally, in Stage 3, she fell on the Hang Climbing.

Since she made it further than any other female competitor on that season, she earned the title of Miss SASUKE for the season and won the cash prize of VND 4,000,000.

SASUKE Vietnam 5
Olivia returned to Vietnam in 2019 with SASUKE Vietnam 5. Following the rule that was kept from the previous tournament, there was no time limit affected her. Despite that, she cleared Stage 1A with 18.15 seconds left. However, in Stage 2, the Circle Slider malfunctioning forced Olivia to swing the ring in order to reach the Rope Ladder. After a very long struggle, she finally could reached the net with her legs and cleared the stage. However, just like last year, Stage 3's Hang Climbing defeated her.

American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World 5
Olivia was chosen to represent Team Australia on American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World 5, along with her boyfriend Ben Polson and fellow competitors Ashlin Herbert, Bryson Klein, and Jack Wilson.

She competed in Heat 2 of Stage Two against Iris Matamoros from Team Europe and Jesse Labreck from Team USA. Olivia went up first and shockingly failed on the first obstacle, the Epic Catch & Release, when she missed at the dismount, due to not generating enough swing. And since both Iris and Jesse made it farther, she did not earn any points for Team Australia.

Despite her slip-up, Team Australia's overall performance during the tournament was strong enough, as they finished as the runner-up of the tournament, after losing to Team USA in the Stage Four climb-off. In Heat 2 before she ran the course it was said that she was the "Kacy Catanzaro of Australian Ninja Warrior", which is part correct and part incorrect. Like Kacy, she is the first woman to hit a buzzer and the first to qualify for the national finals (the Grand Final in Australia) but Olivia is the second woman to make it up the Warped Wall, with Kacy being the first and not the second.

American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World 6
Vivian returned to represent Team Australia on American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World 6, desperate for redemption after her result last tournament. She competed in Heat 1 of Stage One against Thomas Hubener from Team Europe and Michael Torres from Team USA. Olivia completed the course with a time of 2:56.26, becoming the first international woman to ever hit a buzzer on the show and the fourth woman ever to complete Stage 1. While Thomas Hubener fell on the Spider Jump, Michael Torres later completed the course with a faster time of 1:42.36, so Olivia earned 1 point for Team Australia.