With a little under one week to go until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, our Australian athletes have been through the grueling qualification process and are now bracing themselves to compete in the global sporting tournament.
Approximately 10,500 athletes from 206 nations will compete in 329 events across 32 sports this Olympic Games, including the new addition of breakdancing.
Australia will send more than 460 athletes to the Paris 2024 Olympics, making it the third largest Australian team to compete at an overseas Games, after Tokyo 2020 (486 athletes) and Athens 2004 (482 athletes).
Over half of the Australian team will be women, marking a stark contrast to Paris 1924, where no women were included in the Australian contingent… It’s going to be an exciting year!
How do athletes qualify for the Olympic Games?
While each sport runs its Olympic qualifiers differently, there are several stages that athletes need to progress through to qualify and be selected to compete in their chosen event.
To compete, eligible athletes must be nominated by their national or regional (eg Australia is classified as Oceania) sporting federation after competing in various performance trials.
The final selection of an Olympic team is then made by a nation’s official Olympic Committee – which in Australia’s case is the Australian Olympic Committee.
In an effort to maximise global participation, there are also specific quotas for various regions and limits on the number of athletes competing from any one country in all Olympic events.
What Australian athletes have qualified for the Olympic Games?
A full list of Australian athletes who have qualified to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games can be found here.
As mentioned, more than 460 Australian athletes will be sent to the Paris 2024 Olympics! This year, Australia will be represented by 10 Indigenous athletes, including Patty Mills, who becomes the first Indigenous Olympian to compete five times, and Conor Nicholas, who will make history as Australia’s first Indigenous sailing Olympian.
Who is the oldest Australian Olympian to qualify for the 2024 Olympics?
Equestrian Shane Rose, 51, is the oldest member of the 2024 Australian Olympic team.
Who is the youngest Australian Olympian to qualify for the 2024 Olympics?
Skateboarder Arisa Trew, 14, is the youngest member of the 2024 Australian Olympic team.
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