Olivia Clara Canavan (born 1 September 2006) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a right-back and centre-back for Larne and the Northern Ireland national under-17 football team.
[3] Though she has been diagnosed with congenital stationary night blindness, she has learned to “identify her teammates by focusing on colour, shapes, movement, and voice recognition.”[3] For her outstanding achievement, she has been awarded the Mary Peters Trust.
[3] who won Great Britain's first Winter Paralympic gold medal in Sochi 2014.
When she was 15, Canavan joined Bangor FC, with whom she spent two seasons,[3] during which she also played with boys.
[3] In 2024, the young defender signed for Larne and made her first appearance in the NIFL Women’s Premiership.