United Arab Emirates at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

United Arab Emirates at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of United Arab Emirates
IOC code	UAE
NOC	United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea 19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors	2 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
2024

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]

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. ^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexander Astridge	Giant slalom	DNS
	Slalom	58.44	57	1:07.06	38	2:05.50	38

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

The United Arab Emirates qualified one female snowboarder. ^[6]

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		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

See also

• United Arab Emirates at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• United Arab Emirates at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

References

1. 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.
2. "UAE team to participate in Youth Olympic Winter Games". Gulf Today . Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
3. "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.
4. "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
5. "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.
6. "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.