Olivia Levicki
 Levicki with the Perth Lynx in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 January 1993 Balaklava, South Australia, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Balaklava (Balaklava, South Australia) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2009–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Australian Institute of Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Forestville Eagles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Townsville Fire | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Brisbane Spartans | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Melbourne Boomers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Ballarat Rush | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Forestville Eagles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Perth Lynx | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | South Adelaide Panthers | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]WNBL
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
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| Draft | Rookie signing 2022: Port Adelaide | ||
| Debut | Port Adelaide | ||
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| Current club | Port Adelaide | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| S7 (2022)– | Port Adelaide | 13 (2) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season. | |||
| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
Port Adelaide Football Club
[edit]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
[edit]In 2022, Levicki married former SANFL player Patrick Levicki.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Boomers announce Liv Thompson's return". WNBL.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "PERTH LYNX SIGN OLIVIA THOMPSON". PerthLynx.com. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "OLIVIA THOMPSON NAMED PREMIER LEAGUE ALL STAR". PerthLynx.com. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "All Star Five". Premier League. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023.
- ^ "Olivia Thompson". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Olivia Thompson's profile". fiba.com.
- ^ a b "Switching codes: Levicki joins Port". Port Adelaide. Telstra. 8 June 2022.
- ^ "'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.
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Australian Institute of Sport basketball (WNBL) players
- Australian women's basketball players
- Townsville Fire players
- Melbourne Boomers players
- Perth Lynx players
- Sportswomen from South Australia
- Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Australia
- Forwards (basketball)
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade