Olivia Levicki
Levicki with the Perth Lynx in 2017
Personal information
Born (1993-01-20) 20 January 1993
Balaklava, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
Listed height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Career information
High schoolBalaklava
(Balaklava, South Australia)
Playing career2009–present
PositionForward
Career history
2009–2012Australian Institute of Sport
2012–2013Forestville Eagles
2012–2014Townsville Fire
2014Brisbane Spartans
2014–2017Melbourne Boomers
2015Ballarat Rush
2016–2018Forestville Eagles
2017–2018Perth Lynx
2021–2022South Adelaide Panthers
Career highlights and awards
  • SEABL champion (2014)
  • Premier League Halls Medallist (2016)
  • Premier League MVP (2016)
  • 5× Premier League All-Star Five (2012, 2013, 2016–2018)
Medals
Representing  Australia
Basketball
World University Games
Bronze medal – third place2013 Kazan Team
FIBA U-16 Oceania Championship
Gold medal – first place2009 Australia Team

Olivia Jay Levicki (née Thompson; born 20 January 1993) is an Australian rules footballer and basketball player. She plays for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition and has played in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).

Basketball career

WNBL

Levicki began her professional career in 2009, for the Australian Institute of Sport. In 2012, she signed with the Townsville Fire. During her time there, she played in two consecutive WNBL Grand Finals, falling short on both occasions. In 2014, she signed with the Melbourne Boomers. In 2016, Levicki re-signed with the Boomers for a third season.[1]

On 1 June 2017, Levicki signed with the Perth Lynx for the 2017–18 WNBL season.[2]

State League

In 2012 and 2013, Levicki played for her junior association, the Forestville Eagles, in the Premier League during the WNBL off-seasons. In 2014, she joined the Brisbane Spartans and helped the team win the SEABL championship. After a season with the Ballarat Rush in 2015, she returned to the Forestville Eagles where she played in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Levicki was named the fairest and most brilliant player of the 2016 Premier League season, with her first Halls Medal success making her the club's first winner since 1998. She made it a clean sweep, also being named the Premier League's MVP and selected into the All-Star Five.[3] In 2018, Levicki was named to the Premier League All-Star Five for the fifth time.[4][5]

In 2021 and 2022, Levicki played in the NBL1 Central for the South Adelaide Panthers.[6]

National team

Levicki made her national team debut at the 2009 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship in Brisbane, where she took home gold and secured Australia's place at the inaugural Under-17 World Championship the following year. Levicki would go on to represent Australia at the FIBA World Championship in France where Australia placed seventh.[7] She also represented Australia at both the 2013 and 2015 Universiades in Kazan, Russia and Gwangju, South Korea respectively.

Australian rules football career

Olivia Levicki
Personal information
Draft Rookie signing 2022: Port Adelaide
Debut Port Adelaide
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 18
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
S7 (2022)– Port Adelaide 13 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Port Adelaide Football Club

In June 2022, Levicki signed with Port Adelaide as a Rookie signing.[8] After she was spotted playing basketball for South Adelaide, Levicki was scouted by Erin Phillips, who contacted her via Instagram, asking if she was interested in trying Australian rules football.[8]

Personal life

In 2022, Levicki married former SANFL player Patrick Levicki.[9]

References

  1. "Boomers announce Liv Thompson's return". WNBL.com.au. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  2. "PERTH LYNX SIGN OLIVIA THOMPSON". PerthLynx.com. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  3. Nagy, Boti (5 September 2016). "Olivia Thompson and Nelson Kirksey claim SA's top individual basketball honours as Halls and Woollacott Medallists". AdelaideNow.com.au. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  4. "OLIVIA THOMPSON NAMED PREMIER LEAGUE ALL STAR". PerthLynx.com. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  5. "All Star Five". Premier League. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023.
  6. "Olivia Thompson". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  7. "Olivia Thompson's profile". fiba.com.
  8. 1 2 "Switching codes: Levicki joins Port". Port Adelaide. Telstra. 8 June 2022.
  9. "'I'm loving every minute I step onto the footy field'". SA Life. 23 September 2022. After a top-level basketball career of nearly 200 games, Balaklava's Olivia Levicki will this weekend play just her fifth AFLW game for the team she grew up supporting.
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