51-year-old Andy Macdonald – from skateboarding at the White House to the Olympic Games
Age is just a number for Britain's 51-year-old skateboarding Olympian Andy Macdonald.
Andy Macdonald will become the oldest-ever Olympic skateboarder when he makes his Olympic debut at Paris 2024, just days after his 51st birthday.
In Tokyo, four out of the six women’s medallists were 13 or under, but the Team GB skateboarder is ready to defy the odds in Paris when he competes in park skakeboarding.
Macdonald was born and raised in the United States but is eligible to compete for Great Britain through his father who was born there.
The nine-time world champion holds the record for the most X Games medals in skateboarding - the pinnacle championships of extreme sports – but Paris 2024 will be his first Olympic Games.
Macdonald spoke to Sportshour’s Nishat Ladha ahead of the Paris 2024 competition about what he’s already achieved in the sport, how his Olympic dreams came about and why age is nothing but a number to him.
Image: Andy MacDonald during the Team GB Paris 2024 Kitting Out at NEC Arena on July 01, 2024 in Birmingham, England.(Photo by Barrington Coombs/Getty Images)
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