As you may have heard, the Olympic Games are underway in Tokyo.

It’s been quite the lead up to the event, which will largely be spectator free, with a heap of athletes pulling out due to contracting COVID.

To get prepared, we’re going to shoot some facts at you:

474 Olympians will be representing Australia – 125 of whom are from the sunshine state.

Of those Queenslanders, 70 are female, 4 are Indigenous, 24 make up the swim team, and 4 make up the weightlifting team.

There’s also an exciting change this Olympics! Surfing, karate, softball, skating, and climbing have been introduced to the games.

Here’s the breakdown of Queensland’s Olympians:

ARCHERY

  • Ryan Tyack
  • Taylor Worth
  • Alice Ingley

ARTISTIC SWIMMING

  • Kiera Gazzard
  • Kirsten Kinash
  • Rachel Presser

ATHLETICS

  • Alex Beck (Men’s 400m)
  • Ash Maloney (Men’s Decathlon)
  • Cedric Dubler (Men’s Decathlon)
  • Dane Bird-Smith (20km Walk)
  • Ellie Beer (Women’s 4 x 400m Relay)
  • Genevieve Gregson (Women’s 3000m Steeplechase)
  • Henry Frayne (Men’s Long Jump)
  • Katie Hayward (Women’s 20km Walk)
  • Liz Clay (Women’s 100m Hurdles)
  • Matthew Denny (Men’s Discus Throw)
  • Patrick Tiernan (Men’s 5000m and 10,000m)
  • Riley Day (Women’s 200m)

  BADMINTON

  • Wendy Chen (Women’s singles)
  • Simon Leung (Mixed Doubles)

BASKETBALL

  • Marianna Tolo
  • Aron Baynes
  • Christopher Goulding
  • Nathan Sobey

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

  • Taliqua Clancy
  • Mariafe Artacho Del Solar

BOXING

  • Paulo Aokuso (Men’s Light Heavyweight)
  • Skye Nicolson (Women’s Featherweight)

CANOEING

  • Alyssa Bull
  • Thomas Green
  • Jan van der Westhuyzen
  • Alyce Wood
  • Jordan Wood

CYCLING

  • Logan Martin (Men’s BMX)
  • Natalya Diehm (Women’s BMX)

DIVING

  • Cassiel Rousseau (Women’s 10m Platform)

EQUESTRIAN

  • Chris Burton (Eventing)
  • Kelly Layne (Dressage)

FOOTBALL

  • Nicholas D’Agostino
  • Kye Rowles
  • Tegan Micah
  • Clare Polkinghorne
  • Aivi Luik
  • Ellise Kellond-Knight
  • Tameka Yallop
  • Hayley Raso
  • Emily Gielnik

GOLF

  • Cameron Smith

GYMNASTICS

  • Georgia Godwin (Women’s Artistic)
  • Emily Abbot (Rhythmic Group)
  • Alexanadra Aristoteli (Rhythmic Group)
  • Lidiia Iakovleva (Rhythmic Individual)
  • Alannah Mathews (Rhythmic Group)
  • Himeka Onoda (Rhythmic Group)
  • Felicity White (Rhythmic Group)

   HOCKEY

  • Daniel Beale
  • Tim Howard
  • Jacob Whetton
  • Savannah Fitzpatrick
  • Stephanie Kershaw
  • Ambrosia Malone
  • Renee Taylor

JUDO

  • Katharina Haecker (Women’s -63kg)

ROWING

  • Caitlin Cronin (Women’s 4x)
  • Ria Thompson (Women’s 4x)

RUGBY 7s

  • Charlotte Caslick
  • Dominque de Toit
  • Maddison Levi
  • Evania Pelite
  • Shannon Parry
  • Josh Coward
  • Samu Kerevi
  • Nick Malouf
  • Dylan Pietsch
  • Joe Pincus

SAILING

  • Matthew Belcher (470)
  • Jake Lilley (Finn)
  • Will Ryan (470)
  • Mara Stransky (Laser Radial)

SHOOTING

  • Paul Adams (Skeet)
  • Dina Aspandiyarova (10m Air Pistol, 25m Air Pistol)
  • Dane Sampson (10m Air Rifle, 50m Air Rifle 3 Positions, 50m Rifle Prone)

SKATEBOARDING

  • Keegan Palmer (Park)

SOFTBALL

  • Chelsea Forkin
  • Jade Wall

SURFING

  • Julian Wilson

SWIMMING

  • Madeleine Gough (Women’s 1500m)
  • Abbey Harkin (Women’s 200m Breaststroke)
  • Meg Harris (Women’s Relay)
  • Chelsea Hodges (100m Breaststroke)
  • Kareena Lee (Women’s 10km Open Water)
  • Emma McKeon (Women’s 100m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle)
  • Kaylee McKeown (Women’s 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 200m Individual Medley)
  • Kiah Melverton (Women’s 800m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle)
  • Leah Neale (Women’s Relay)
  • Mollie O’Callaghan (Women’s Relay)
  • Emily Seebohm (Women’s 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke)
  • Jenna Strauch (Women’s 200m Breaststroke)
  • Ariarne Titmus (Women’s 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle)
  • Isaac Cooper (Men’s Relay)
  • Kai Edwards (Men’s 10km Open Water)
  • Alexander Graham (Men’s Relay)
  • Tristan Hollard (Men’s 200m Backstroke)
  • Mitchell Larkin (Men’s 100m Backstroke, 200m Individual Medley)
  • Cameron McEvoy (Men’s Relay)
  • Jack Mcloughlin (Men’s 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle)
  • David Morgan (Men’s 100m Butterfly, 200m Butterfly)
  • Thomas Neill (Men’s Relay)
  • Zac Stubblety-Cook (Men’s 200m Breaststroke)
  • Elijah Winnington (Men’s 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle)

TENNIS

  • Ash Barty
  • John Millman
  • Samantha Stosur
  • Ajla Tomljanovic

TRIATHLON

  • Matt Hauser
  • Ashleigh Gentle
  • Jaz Hedgeland

   WATER POLO

  • Abby Andrews
  • Bronwen Knox
  • Gabriella Palm
  • Rhys Howden

WEIGHTLIFTING

  • Charisma Amoe-Tarrant (Women’s +87kg)
  • Matthew Lydement (Men’s +109kg)
  • Brandon Wakeling (Men’s 73kg)
  • Erika Yamasaki (Women’s 59kg)

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