Sky Brown is set to make history. Sky Brown, a skateboarder, will become the youngest Olympian to ever represent Great Britain at a Summer Games. The Games begin in Tokyo on July 23.The 12-year old, who is on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, qualified through the world rankings last month. She will now compete in the women's park event.Brown will turn thirteen days old during the event. This beats Margery Hinton who was just 13 years old and 44 days when she competed for Great Britain in the Amsterdam Olympics almost a century ago.Brown will also be making history when he competes in the debut of skateboarding as a Summer Olympic sport. It is one of five new sports to the Summer Games.Brown could even be the first person to win the record. She is the daughter of a British father, and a Japanese mother. She has won bronze and silver medals at past world skateboarding championships. Brown may even win gold, so her chances of winning a medal are good.Brown is a teenager who also skateboards with a British team. Bombette Martin, the British national champion skater, will be 14 when she competes at the Olympics. According to The Guardian, Brown and Martin have inspired many more girls to try out a sport that was previously very male-dominated.Brown will be the youngest Briton who competes in the Olympics. However, other countries plan to send young athletes, including Hend Zaza from Syria, the table tennis star.They are not the only young Olympians who have succeeded them. There were also 13- and 14 year-old swimmers, divers, and divers from Japan, USA, and Nepal. Nadia Komanici, a gymnast, stunned the world when she earned the first perfect score at 1976 Montreal Games. At 14 years old, Dimitrios Loundras competed at the first modern Olympics held in Greece in 1896. He was 10.
