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)
