At only 11 years old, rider Zheng Haohao will be the youngest athlete to compete in Paris 2024. She will do so representing China in the skateboarding park on August 6 in the Place de la Concorde. She will be the youngest competitor in the current Olympic Games, in a sport that is characterized by the youth of its best exponents.
Hailing from Guangdong, Haohao took her first rides at the age of 7 and two years later she was already registered in her first competition, finishing 13th against 60 riders. He achieved Olympic qualification after what was done in the Shanghai and Budapest qualifiers, to experience his first Olympic Games. And he will close it in a great way, whether he wins the medal or not, because on August 11, the day on which the Closing will be, he will turn 12 years old. The best way to close the party for the promising skater, who in 2023 competed in her first World Championship with a good 23rd place.
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Time will tell how important Haohao is, as his promising career is just beginning. However, she is already in history, as she is not only the youngest at Paris 2024, but she is also the youngest athlete to have represented China in the Olympic Games.
“I’m a fan of skaters like Sky Brown from Great Britain, Hiraki Kokona from Japan and Arisa Trew from Australia. They really have a lot of style and are some of the best skaters in the world,” Haohao said before the Games.
And precisely before them he will be competing in Paris. Brown, 16, Trew, 14, and Hiraki, 15, are some of the young names who will be in the park. In addition to them will be the Finnish Heil Sirvio, who at 12 years old will be the second youngest in the competition.
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THE YOUNGEST IN HISTORY
Despite Haohao’s striking youth, she is not yet the youngest to have competed in the history of the Olympic Games. Officially the record is held by Dimitrios Loundras, a gymnast who was part of the Greek team in 1896, where he won bronze at the age of 10 years and 218 days.
