Team GB Sends 28 Athletes In New 2 Week Format
Lausanne 2020 is expected to welcome some of the world’s best young athletes from 70 nations for the third edition of the Games following Innsbruck 2012 and Lillehammer four years later.
The Youth Olympic Games provides crucial multi-sport experience for aspiring winter Olympians and Team GB’s class of 2020 will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Mica McNeill and Katie Summerhayes who both went on to compete at an Olympic Winter Games having first competed at a YOG.
New Format
In a new format for Lausanne 2020, the two weeks will see the Games split into two waves of athletes attending across week one and week two to allow for more athletes to compete across the duration of the competition – 1,880 in total compared to around 1,000 at Lillehammer 2016.
Ski mountaineering and women’s Nordic combined will feature for the first time in an Olympic event. A mixed-NOC 3-on-3 ice hockey tournament and a women’s doubles event in luge will also be contested for the first time.
Team GB Well Represented
A 28-strong team will represent Great Britain at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games in the home of the Olympic movement in Switzerland. The Games, which run from 9th – 22nd January, will see Team GB compete in 11 of the 16 disciplines on the programme across 14 days of competition.
The team consists of athletes aged between 14 and 17 years of age, with four athletes who competed at Sarajevo 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival – Theo Collins, Daisi Daniels, Shawna Pendry and Olivia Weedon – making it a youth double for Team GB in Lausanne.
Georgie Harland, Team GB’s Chef de Mission for Lausanne 2020, said:
“This is a very special moment for the 28 athletes selected for the Games. It provides vital experience of a multi-sport environment and can be an important stepping stone towards their senior careers.
“We have seen athletes from both summer and winter sports going on to compete at a senior Games and the athletes in Lausanne will, I am sure, grasp this opportunity to show everyone what they are capable of, but most importantly enjoy what will be a fantastic experience.”
Team GB at Lausanne 2020: Selected Athletes
Alpine Skiing:
Name: Jack Cunningham
Hometown: Oxford
Name: Daisi Daniels
Hometown: Rochdale
Name: Sophie Foster
Hometown: Leatherhead
Name: Robert Holmes
Hometown: Barrowford
Biathlon:
Name: Shawna Pendry
Hometown: Font Romeu, France
Bobsleigh:
Name: Charlotte Longden
Hometown: Winchester
Name: William Scammell
Hometown: Devizes
Cross-country skiing:
Name: Molly Jefferies
Hometown: Les Gets, France
Name: James Slimon
Hometown: Laggan
Curling:
Name: Ross Craik
Hometown: Edzell
Name: Hannah Farries
Hometown: Dumfries
Name: Robyn Mitchell
Hometown: Dunlop
Name: Jamie Rankin
Hometown: Elgin
Freestyle Skiing:
Name: Scott Johns
Hometown: Dorridge
Name: Jasper Klein
Hometown: Cirencester
Name: Kirsty Muir
Hometown: Aberdeen
Ice Hockey:
Name: Mirren Foy
Hometown: Glenrothes
Name: Carter Hamill
Hometown: Belfast
Name: Evan Nauth
Hometown: Weybridge
Name: Amy Robery
Hometown: Chelmsford
Name: Abby Rowbotham
Hometown: Sheffield
Name: Mackenzie Stewart
Hometown: Belfast
Name: Jessie Taylor
Hometown: High Wycombe
Nordic Combined:
Name: Mani Cooper
Hometown: Innsbruck, Austria
Short Track Speed Skating:
Name: Matthew Gardner
Hometown: Leeds
Name: Olivia Weedon
Hometown: Twickenham
Ski Jumping:
Name: Sam Bolton
Hometown: Calgary, Canada
Speed Skating:
Name: Theo Collins
Hometown: Guildford
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