[1] Her father is Richard Loe, a prominent rugby union player with 49 appearances for the All Blacks.

[2] Olivia's elder sister Jessica (born 1989) has also represented New Zealand internationally in rowing.

[9] At the 2012 World Rowing U23 Championships in Trakai, Lithuania, she won a bronze medal with the U23 women's quadruple sculls.

[1] In the 2016 season, Loe competed at World Rowing Cups in Switzerland and Poland in the women's pair[15][16] as New Zealand's reserve boat to Genevieve Behrent and Rebecca Scown.

[18] In the 2017 season, Loe competed at World Rowing Cups in Poland and Switzerland in the women's double sculls with Brooke Donoghue, and they won gold in both races.