Doha, Qatar: Qatar will field four athletes at the fourth Summer Youth Olympic Game Dakar 2026, in Senegal from October 31 to November 13. Team Qatar will compete in athletics, swimming and fencing.
The Qatari athletes are Adam Morsi in swimming, Dana Salem and Abobaker Idris in athletics, and Adham Al-Deeb in fencing. The delegation will also include three administrative staff members and three media representatives.
Morsi will begin competing on November 2, with his 100m and 50m breaststroke races scheduled for November 3 and 5, respectively. Idris will contest the 110m hurdles, Al-Deeb in the individual foil fencing event on November 9, and Salem the 200m race on November 10.
The team brings a strong record of achievement. Salem won silver in the 100m and Idris claimed gold in the 110m hurdles at the 2025 Asian Youth Games in Bahrain. Al-Deeb won gold in the junior individual foil event at the World Cup for Junior and Cadet Fencers in Tunisia.
Morsi has won gold in the 200m breaststroke at the GCC Swimming championship and the 100m breaststroke at the Arab Aquatics championship.
He also broke Qatar’s national record in the 100m breaststroke for the 13–14 age group at the ISF U15 Gymnasiade 2025 Under 15 in Serbia.
At the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Qatar secured two athletics gold medals through Abdulaziz Mohammed in the 200m and Awab Barrow in the 110m hurdles.
Head of Qatar’s delegation Naji Al-Amari confirmed that the four athletes are ready to compete and expressed confidence that they will represent Qatar with distinction, reflecting their ambitions and the support extended to Qatari sport.
The 15-day Games will take place in Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly, featuring around 2,700 athletes across 25 sports and 153 medal events.
Another 10 engagement sports will be held without medals being awarded. The Youth Olympics is an elite multi-sport competition primarily for athletes aged 15 to 17.
