Jordan is participating in the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games with a delegation of 13 male and female athletes competing in 8 sports: Taekwondo, Boxing, Swimming, Beach Wrestling, Athletics, Fencing, Triathlon, and Judo. This participation is the largest for Jordan in the history of the Youth Olympic Games in terms of the number of sports, while the number of athletes equals the record set in the 2018 Buenos Aires edition.
Jordan has previously participated in the three past editions of the Youth Olympic Games, which were held in Singapore in 2010, Nanjing, China in 2014, and Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2018.
Jordanian athletes succeeded in winning three medals during previous participations, consisting of one silver and two bronze medals, all in Taekwondo. Dana Haidar won the silver medal and Yazan Al-Sadiq won the bronze medal in the 2010 Singapore edition, while Zaid Mustafa was crowned with the bronze medal in the 2018 Buenos Aires edition.
The fourth edition of the Youth Olympic Games will see the expected participation of about 2,655 male and female athletes, aged between 14 and 17, representing 204 National Olympic Committees, in addition to the Refugee Olympic Team, competing in 25 sports that include 153 medal events.
The Games will be held from October 31 to November 13 in three regions: Dakar, Diamniadio, and Saly. This edition is the first to achieve full gender equality in athlete quotas and competitions.
“Wrestling” holds a training camp
For his part, the national beach wrestling team headed to the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to hold a one-week international training camp in preparation for participating in the Games.
The national team delegation included athlete Adam Abu Farea and his coach Yahya Abu Tabikh, as Abu Farea prepares to compete in the under 60 kg weight category on November 7, on the sands of Saly’s western beach.
The training camp aims to raise the level of technical and physical readiness for athlete Abu Farea through joint training sessions and interaction with athletes from other national teams before entering the Olympic competitions.
This participation is historic for Jordanian wrestling, as Abu Farea marks Jordan's first appearance in beach wrestling competitions at the Youth Olympic Games.
