LOUISIANA State gymnast Olivia Dunne has opened up on her gymnastic journey – and her future in the sport.
The Sports Illustrated model, 20, is heading into her senior year at LSU in the fall.
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Dunne is a social media superstar and has become a millionaire on the back of her mammoth online following.
She is a parallel bars specialist and has previously been on the USA National Team.
Last year she helped LSU finish fourth nationally after reaching the NCAA Championships.
Livvy began her gym journey at the age of just 3 and has now opened up about her early years.
Dunne told the Full Send Podcast: “I started gymnastics when I was like three just because I would climb everything.
“But I realized probably when I was around like 10 years old that I [wanted to] try the Olympics.
“So I would always leave my family growing up for a week every month and go to the USA Olympic Training Center.”
Dunne’s Olympic dream remained just that as she left the Team USA program aged sixteen.
But she’s since carved out a social media empire while enjoying her gymnastics in Baton Rouge.
And Livvy is adamant that she will keep going with gymnastics despite raking in around $3.2million per year in sponsorship deals.
She continued: “It’s just a weird thought to give up the sport that you’ve been doing it since you were three.
“I mean I always love to grow social media [but] I’ve always done gymnastics as well for a really long time.
“So I feel like I could balance it.”
Livvy recently added another bumper NIL deal to her growing portfolio.
She confirmed that just one of her current deals earns her “above $500,000.”
While Dunne’s agent Garrett Yaralian revealed his client is extremely selective about the deals she makes – and has no plans of leaving gymnastics anytime soon.
He told On3: “[Dunne] has accomplished [her success] by being very selective and strategic about who she partners with and the content she puts out.
“She says no, more than she says yes, to brand deals.
“Yes, Livvy has a lot left to accomplish as a student-athlete and as a creator.”
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