Saudi Arabia at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Saudi Arabia at the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeKSA
NOCSaudi Arabian Olympic Committee
in Singapore
Competitors9 in 4 sports
Flag bearerAbdullah Abkar[1]
Medals
Ranked 84th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Saudi Arabia participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.

The country does not allow women to participate in the Olympics, and had never sent a female athlete to the Olympic Games. Nonetheless, it did send one female competitor to these inaugural Youth Games: Dalma Rushdi Malhas, who competed in equestrian and won Saudi Arabia's only medal, a bronze. The International Olympic Committee had made it a requirement for every national delegation to include at least one female athlete. [2] [3]

  1. ^ "List of NOC Flag Bearers for Opening Ceremony" (PDF) (Press release). Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee. 14 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
  2. ^ "Une ONG dénonce la privation de sport pour les Saoudiennes", Le Monde, 21 February 2012
  3. ^ "Saudi Arabia likely to field women athletes in 2012 Olympics", Al Arabiya, 18 November 2011