13th July 2010
Youth Olympic Team
13 July 2010
A group of 40 young athletes from 16 Olympic sports – including 13 from athletics – were today selected by the British Olympic Association to compete for Team GB at the first Youth Olympic Games (YOG), which take place in Singapore from 14-26 August.
The athletes, aged 14-18, will participate alongside 3,600 competitors from all 205 National Olympic Committees in a competition schedule which includes all 26 sports on the London 2012 Olympic Programme.
The British contingent will include Victoria Ohuruogu, the 400m England Indoor Under-20 Champion and younger sister of current Olympic 400m Champion Christine.
Ohuruogu is joined in Team GB by 12 fellow athletics competitors, including fellow Londoner David Bolarinwa, who impressed at the recent European Youth Olympic Trials in Moscow where he won gold and silver in the 100m and 200m respectively to qualify in style for Singapore.
The athletes will be joined in Singapore by 1,450 officials, 1,500 media representatives, 20,000 local and international volunteers, and more than 370,000 spectators.
Commenting on her selection:
Victoria Ohuruogu, athletics, said:
“I am thrilled to be selected to Team GB for the Youth Olympic Games. Competing against athletes from all over the world in an Olympic setting is a hugely exciting prospect and I am sure I will gain a great deal from the experience, on and off the track. I am fully focused on preparing well over the coming weeks and aim to achieve my full potential for Team GB in Singapore.”
The athletes selected to Team GB for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games are:
Sport |
Event |
First Name |
Last Name |
Town |
DOB |
Aquatics: Diving |
10m Platform |
Thomas |
Daley |
Plymouth |
21/05/1994 |
Aquatics: Diving |
10m Platform |
Megan |
Sylvester |
Barnsley |
04/07/1994 |
Aquatics: Swimming |
400m, 200m, 100m Freestyle |
Ellie |
Faulkner |
SHEFFIELD |
05/01/1993 |
Aquatics: Swimming |
50m, 100m, 200m Butterfly |
Rachael |
Kelly |
MARKET DRAYTON |
24/01/1994 |
Archery |
Recurve |
Mark |
Nesbitt |
BANBRIDGE |
19/02/1992 |
Athletics |
400m Hurdles |
Abi |
Fitzpatrick |
WARRINGTON |
10/06/1993 |
Athletics |
Hammer |
Andrew |
Elkins |
Poole |
25/05/1993 |
Athletics |
100m |
Annie |
Tagoe |
Willesden |
04/06/1993 |
Athletics |
1000m |
Charlie |
Grice |
BRIGHTON |
07/11/1993 |
Athletics |
100m |
David |
Bolarinwa |
LONDON |
20/10/1993 |
Athletics |
Javelin |
Freya |
Jones |
Chandlers Ford |
13/11/1993 |
Athletics |
1000m |
Georgia |
Peel |
WOKING |
26/05/1994 |
Athletics |
Pole Vault |
Katie |
Byres |
Glossop |
11/09/1993 |
Athletics |
Hammer |
Louisa |
James |
BATTLE |
05/07/1994 |
Athletics |
Shot Put |
Sophie |
McKinna |
GREAT YARMOUTH |
31/08/1994 |
Athletics |
110m Hurdles |
Themba |
Luhana |
Northampton |
08/03/1993 |
Athletics |
400m |
Victoria |
Ohuruogu |
Stratford |
28/02/1993 |
Athletics |
2000m Steeple Chase |
Zak |
Seddon |
READING |
28/06/1994 |
Badminton |
Women’s Singles |
Sarah |
Milne |
LEEDS |
17/01/1992 |
Boxing |
Bantamweight 54kg |
Zack |
Davies |
LLANELLI |
11/02/1992 |
Canoeing |
Mens K1 |
Andrew |
Martin |
SEAHAM |
03/01/1993 |
Equestrian |
Show Jumping |
Carian |
Scudamore |
CARDIGAN |
26/04/1993 |
Fencing |
Foil |
Alexander |
Tofalides |
LONDON |
13/03/1993 |
Fencing |
Epee |
Amy |
Radford |
STOURBRIDGE |
05/05/1994 |
Gymnastics |
Artistic |
Laura |
Mitchell |
BOREHAMWOOD |
03/01/1995 |
Gymnastics |
Artistic |
Sam |
Oldham |
NOTTINGHAM |
17/02/1993 |
Gymnastics |
Trampoline |
Nathan |
Bailey |
BOURNEMOUTH |
24/07/1993 |
Modern Pentathlon |
|
Greg |
Longden |
|
29/06/1992 |
Modern Pentathlon |
|
Kerry |
Prise |
ABERDEEN |
05/09/1992 |
Rowing |
Pair |
Caspar |
Jopling |
LONDON |
10/01/1992 |
Rowing |
Pair |
Ed |
Nainby-Luxmoore |
BARNARD CASTLE |
16/11/1992 |
Rowing |
Pair |
Fiona |
Gammond |
BICESTER |
19/10/1992 |
Rowing |
Pair |
Georgia |
Howard-Merrill |
OXFORD |
21/05/1993 |
Sailing |
Windsurfing |
Jade |
Rogers |
STOKE-ON-TRENT |
27/06/1995 |
Sailing |
Windsurfing |
Kieran |
Martin |
STOKE-ON-TRENT |
07/02/1995 |
Table Tennis |
Singles & Mixed doubles |
Alice |
Loveridge |
GUERNSEY |
06/07/1994 |
Taekwondo |
-55kg |
Jade |
Jones |
FLINT |
21/03/1993 |
Tennis |
Men’s singles |
Oliver |
Golding |
TWICKENHAM |
29/09/1993 |
Triathlon |
|
Andrew |
Hood |
CUPAR |
29/06/1992 |
Triathlon |
|
Eli |
Thorogood |
ABERYSTWYTH |
15/02/1992 |
Click here to view biographies of all Team GB athletes.