United Arab Emirates at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics | |
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IOC code | UAE |
NOC | United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee |
in Gangwon, South Korea 19 January 2024 – 1 February 2024 | |
Competitors | 2 in 2 sports |
Flag bearer (opening) | Alexander Astridge & Amenah Almuhairi |
Flag bearer (closing) | TBD |
Medals |
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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]
The United Arab Emirates team consisted of two athletes (one per gender) competing in two sports. [2] [3] Alpine skier Alexander Astridge and snowboarder Amenah Almuhairi were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. [4]
The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Alpine skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Snowboarding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 1 | 1 | 2 |
United Arab Emirates qualified one male alpine skier. [5]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Alexander Astridge | Giant slalom | DNS | |||||
Slalom | 58.44 | 57 | 1:07.06 | 38 | 2:05.50 | 38 |
The United Arab Emirates qualified one female snowboarder. [6]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank | ||
Amenah Al-Muhairi | Women's big air | 29.75 | 14.50 | 29.75 | 18 | Did not advance | ||||
Women's slopestyle | 4.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 19 | Did not advance |
Algeria, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates will all make their Winter Youth Olympic debut.