The Olympic Movement

Youth Olympic Games

Every four years, the YOG gives emerging international athletes aged 15–18 the opportunity to cut their racing teeth on one of the most prestigious sporting stages in the world.

Next Games

Dakar 2026

5–6 Nov 2026 · Dakar, Senegal

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Four editions, one pipeline

Singapore launched the Youth Olympic Games in 2010. Triathlon has been part of the programme from day one.

One of the most prestigious sporting stages in the world.

Every four years, the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) gives emerging international athletes aged 15–18 the opportunity to cut their racing teeth on one of the most prestigious sporting stages in the world and experience the magic and power of the Olympic movement first hand.

The first YOG took place in Singapore in 2010, where the women's triathlon event awarded the very first Youth Olympics medal of all time. That was followed by Nanjing (CHN) in 2014 and Argentina (ARG) in 2018. The fourth edition will be held in Dakar, making Senegal the first African country ever to host an official Olympic event.

Yuka Sato (JPN), Brittany Dutton (AUS) and Amber Schlebusch (RSA) are the three individual women champions to date, with Aaron Barclay (NZL), Ben Dijkstra (GBR) and Dylan McCullough (NZL) winning on the men's side. Team Europe has won all three Mixed Relay golds.

Champions of Buenos Aires 2018

The last triathletes to stand on the YOG podium.

Podium

Women's Race

Amber Schlebusch
RSA
00:58:45
Sif Bendix Madsen
DEN
00:58:56
Anja Weber
SUI
00:59:36

Podium

Men's Race

Dylan McCullough
NZL
00:53:27
Alexandre Montez
POR
00:53:39
Alessio Crociani
ITA
00:53:45

Full results from Buenos Aires 2018

Two races, two medal events

Sprint-distance racing across the first weekend of November for both Youth Men and Youth Women.

Youth Men

5 Nov 2026 | 750m swim · 20km bike · 5km run

Start list

Youth Women

5 Nov 2026 | 750m swim · 20km bike · 5km run

Start list

Athlete Role Models

At every Youth Olympic Games, up to two Athlete Role Models (ARM) have been selected to provide experience, support and words of advice to the young cohort of athletes.

Vincent Luis

FRA

For Dakar, the French double World Champion Vincent Luis will be the 2026 Athlete Role Model. Junior World Champion in 2008, it was in 2019 that Luis was finally announced as the best in the world at the elite level, taking the title in the Lausanne Grand Final, defending it a year later and winning Olympic Mixed Relay bronze at Tokyo 2020.

Barbara Riveros

CHI

In Buenos Aires, two former World Triathlon Development athletes who went on to compete on the biggest stages of them all, Barbara Riveros (CHI) and Ron Darmon (ISR), were on hand to share their insights.