In 17 days Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein will welcome over 900 athletes from 45 nations as the Opening Ceremony of the European Youth Olympic Festival 2015 (EYOF 2015) begins.
Here’s your chance to meet the 15 athletes selected to compete for Team GB at EYOF 2015 – with a mix across four sporting disciplines; alpine skiing, cross country skiing, figure skating and snowboarding.
In total eight disciplines will make up the programme of the week’s action in the Alps and you can read a preview of EYOF 2015 here.
Sport Discipline: Alpine Skiing
Age: 16
From: Hannington, Northamptonshire
Twitter: @jessanderson1
Won the 2012 British Alpine Slalom Championships and Scottish Slalom Championships
Lists Chemmy Alcott and Lindsey Vonn as two of the most influential people on her career so far
Sport Discipline: Alpine Skiing
Age: 17
From: Walsall, West Midlands
Twitter: @jordfellows1
2014 U18 British Super Comined champion
Anthony Joshua winning gold for Team GB at London 2012 is Jordan’s favourite Olympic memory
Sport Discipline: Alpine Skiing
Age: 17
From: Perth, Perthshire
2014 British U18 Slalom champion
Would like to meet: Andy Murray
Sport Discipline: Alpine Skiing
Age: 16
From: Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire
Twitter: @annahendersonxo
First ever British female ever to win the Trofeu Borrufa Super Combined International U16 Race in Andorra
Learned to ski aged just three on a dry ski slope and was racing at six
Sport Discipline: Alpine Skiing
Age: 17
From: Limone Piemonte, Italy
Twitter: @sofiaiglina
Two U18 second place finishes at the 2014 British Championships
Describes herself as joyful, stubborn and exuberant
Sport Discipline: Alpine Skiing
Age: 17
From: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Twitter: @euankick
British U16 Giant Slalom champion
First Olympic memory was watching Bode Miller win superb combined gold at Vancouver 2010
Sport Discipline: Alpine Skiing
Age: 17
From: Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
Twitter: @robert_poth
First Briton in over 20 years to win the FIS ‘Ski Interkriterium’ Slalom in the Czech Republic in 2013
Was introduced to skiing by his ski racing father aged three and has loved it ever since
Sport Discipline: Alpine Skiing
Age: 16
From: Glasgow
Twitter: @zak_vinter
Three time British champion
If he wasn’t a ski racer, Zak would have liked to be a track cyclist
Sport Discipline: Cross Country Skiing
Age: 17
From: Insch, Aberdeenshire
Twitter: @duncangibb97
Made his British FIS debut at Bruksvallarna, Sweden in 2013
Describes himself as determined, competitive and adventurous
Sport Discipline: Cross Country Skiing
Age: 16
From: Hopeman, Moray
Twitter: @lynnehgray
2013 U16 British 5km Classic champion
Listens to up-beat, happy music before competing
Sport Discipline: Cross Country Skiing
Age: 16
From: Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Twitter: @BethMac333
2013 U18 Girls Rollerski British champion
Favourite food: Dried mango - “I could live off the stuff!”
Sport Discipline: Figure Skating
Age: 15
From: Nottingham
Twitter: @josh_brown121
Silver medal in the 2014 British Men’s Junior Championship
Inspired to become a figure skater after seeing Torvill and Dean in action
Sport Discipline: Figure Skating
Age: 15
From: Basingstoke/Dundee
2014 British Ladies Junior Figure Skating champion
Was a London 2012 Olympic Torchbearer and carried the flame in Andover, July 2012
Sport Discipline: Snowboarding
Age: 15
From: Unterhaching, Germany
Twitter: @glenironside
Three time British Junior champion in snowboard cross
Describes himself as ambitious, hard-working and happy
Sport Discipline: Snowboarding
Age: 15
From: Shoreditch, London
Twitter: @aylathidling
2014 British Championships Women's Halfpipe champion
Favourite Olympic memory is watching Jenny Jones win snowboard slopestyle bronze at Sochi 2014