United Arab Emirates at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Snowboarding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Alpine skiing
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 | |