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2026 Women's Gymnastics Roster

Illinois Fighting Illini

Olivia Coppola

  • Position All-Around
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Union, Ky.
  • High School Barren Academy of Virtual and Expanded Learning
  • Instagram livcoppola2023

Biography

Letterwinner (2024, 25)

Career Highs

Event Score
Vault 9.875 | B1G Four Meet | March 1, 2025
Beam 9.900 | vs. No. 9 Missouri | Feb. 9, 2025
Floor Exercise 9.825 | vs. Northern Illinois | March 16, 2025

Sophomore - 2025

  • Competed in all 15 meets, primarily on vault and balance beam
  • Made her season debut on vault at the Ball State Quad on Jan. 12
  • Earned a new season high on vault (9.800) and balance beam (9.750) against No. 8 UCLA on Jan. 25
  • Won the balance beam title vs. No. 18 Ohio State on Feb. 7
  • Earned a career-high 9.900 on beam to take a share of the title vs. No. 9 Missouri on Feb. 9
  • Earned a new career and season high on vault (9.825) at B1G Four Meet on March 1
  • Won the balance beam title vs. Northern Illinois on March 16
  • Set a career high on floor exercise vs. Northern Illinois on March 16
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • CSC Academic All-District
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar

Freshman - 2024

  • Competed in 13 meets, primarily on vault 
  • Made Illini debut on vault in the Mean Girls Super 16 Gymnastics Championships in Las Vegas, Nev. on Jan. 5
  • Scored a career high (9.850) versus Bowling Green on vault on March 3
  • Tied her career high on vault (9.850) at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional on April 4

High School/Club

  • Earned the Level 9 2022 Eastern National Bars Champion
  • Two-time National Floor Champion
  • 2022 Region 5 All Star member
  • DP National team member
  • Won first place at the Regional Floor Champion
  • All-around champions at state
  • 2021 national qualifier
  • State top-20 vault finisher and floor champion

Personal 

  • Born on April 13, 2005
  • Parents are Robert and Colleen Coppola
  • Has one sibling, Anthony
  • Father, Robert, football and baseball at the University of Cincinnati
  • Mother, Colleen, was on the dance team at the University of Cincinnati
  • Pursing a degree in Human Development & Family Studies
  • Chose Illinois "because of the team atmosphere, coaching staff, and campus. It felt like home to me!"

Historical Player Information

  • 2024Freshman

    All-Around
  • 2025Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'7"
  • 2026Junior

    All-Around
    5'7"