United Arab Emirates at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of United Arab Emirates
IOC codeUAE
NOCUnited Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors2 in 2 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Alexander Astridge & Amenah Almuhairi
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Youth Olympics appearances

The United Arab Emirates is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024. This will be United Arab Emirates's debut appearance at any Winter Olympic event.[1][2]

The United Arab Emirates team consisted of two athletes (one per gender) competing in two sports.[3][4] Alpine skier Alexander Astridge and snowboarder Amenah Almuhairi were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[5]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 1 0 1
Snowboarding 0 1 1
Total 1 1 2

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

United Arab Emirates qualified one male alpine skier.[6]

Men

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

The United Arab Emirates qualified one female snowboarder.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Khan, Salman (15 January 2024). "UAE to Make Historic Debut in Youth Olympic Winter Games". BNN Breaking. Hong Kong. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. ^ Mikkelsen, Sebastian (15 January 2024). "From Singapore 2010 to Gangwon 2024: The Evolution of YOG". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 15 January 2024. Algeria, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates will all make their Winter Youth Olympic debut.
  3. ^ "UAE team to participate in Youth Olympic Winter Games". Gulf Today. Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Asia will be represented by 18 NOCs at Winter YOG Gangwon 2024". www.oca.asia. Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Snowboard Slopestyle/Big air quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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