10 Youngest athletes competing at the Paris Olympics 2024 ft. Zheng Haohao
Athletes of all ages are participating at the Paris Olympics, and several youngsters will have their sights set on making a big impact on the world stage. These athtletes will be determined to once again prove the adage, "age is just a number."
Dimitrios Loundras, a Greek native, was just ten years old when he won a bronze medal in gymnastics at the 1896 Athens Olympics. Since then, No one below his age has ever participated in the Olympic Games. The list of the ten youngest athletes at the Paris Olympics 2024 will give you a glimpse of their age, sport, and the nation they belong to.
10. Quincy Wilson
Quincy Wilson, a 16-year-old American track and field athlete who has a specialization in 400m, is all set to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Wilson began his athletics career when he was just eight years old, and now he will be seen competing in the 4x400m men's relay event on August 9, 2024.
9. Sky Brown
Brown is a sixteen-year-old professional skateboarder from Great Britain. She participated at the Tokyo Olympics at the age of thirteen and became the youngest British professional medalist by winning bronze in skateboarding.
8. Hezly Rivera
Sixteen-year-old gymnast Rivera is the youngest athlete in the U.S. delegation and will represent the U.S. gymnastics team at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She may be the rookie of the impressive five-woman roster led by Simone Biles, but Rivera is poised to put on a show.
7. Jeff Dunne
Representing Australia in the newest Olympic Sport, Breakdancing, sixteen-year-old Dunne is the youngest athlete among its delegation, and in the sport. The Philippines-born athlete began his career at the age of seven and has ranked ninth at the world under-18 championships.
6. Fay DeFazio Ebert
Ebert is a professional skateboarder representing Canada at the 2024 Summer Games. She is merely a fourteen-year-old who started her skateboarding career at the age of eight and qualified for the national team at the age of eleven.
5. Coco Yoshizawa
At the age of just fourteen, Japanese street skateboarder, Coco Yoshizawa will represent her nation at the Paris Olympics. The skateboarding events will take place from July 27 to August 7 at the Place de la Concorde in Paris.
4. Dhinidhi Desinghu
Desinghu is a fourteen-year-old set to make history at the Paris Olympics. She is the youngest Olympian from the Indian delegation. She will be determined to showcase her quality in the 200m swimming event. Desinghu will be one of the youngest participants in swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
3. Heili Sirvio
At the age of thirteen, Sirvio is set to represent Finland in Skateboarding at the 2024 Olympic Games. She is the youngest Finnish athlete to participate at the Olympics.
2. Vareeraya Sukasem
The woman flag bearer of Thailand at the Paris Olympics, twelve-year-old Vareeraya Sukasem, will represent her nation in Skateboarding. She is the youngest athlete in her nation's Olympic delegation.
1. Zheng Haohao is the youngest athlete at the Paris Olympics
Haohao has made history by becoming the youngest athlete to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics at the age of eleven. She will be taking part in Skateboarding, where the age restriction of 16 years, unlike sports like gymnastics and boxing, does not apply. Haohao hails from China and has become the youngest Olympian to ever represent her nation.