Meet the 14-year-old ready to make history at the Olympic Games… and her teammate is old enough to be her father!

Streetskate phenomenon Chloe Covell begs the question: What were you doing when you were 14?

In Paris, Covell could become the youngest gold medalist in Australian Olympic history.

At the same age, Australian team leader Anna Meares was still five years away from starting her illustrious international track cycling career.

At 34, skateboarding teammate Shane O’Neill is old enough to be her father.

Australian swimmer Sandra Morgan was 14 years and six months old when she won gold in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

Covell was born on February 9, 2010, meaning she would rival Morgan if she won on July 28.

“It makes it an incredibly inclusive sport with a great culture and a social element,” Meares said of Covell’s childhood.

‘When I was 14, I worried about what to eat for breakfast, what exam I had at school and which 10km I had to cycle to train with my sister.’

The teenager could become Australia’s youngest Olympic gold medallist at 14

But Meares notes that Covell is more than most 14-year-olds.

“She has everything under control, she performs great in every event,” she said.

“A lot of us are nervous about the event… once it starts, it’s business as usual.”

Covell is also tough: she is ‘pretty relaxed’ about the couple of broken fingers she sustained while training for Paris.

As the Tweed Heads local notes, she has “small bones.”

Covell also thoroughly enjoys this fantastic adventure, taking a supervisor with her because of her young age.

“I’m a little nervous because it’s the biggest stage and the biggest competition,” she said.

‘There are famous people walking around everywhere. But I’m also very excited, I have all my stuff, I tried everything on.

“It’s really an awesome experience to be here.”

It is no coincidence that Covell and several other teenagers participate in women’s skateboarding.

After the sport was first practiced at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, it became a popular sport, especially among young girls.

Her teammate, Shane O’Neill, is old enough to be her father at 34

“Women’s skateboarding in general is developing really fast and more young girls are getting into the sport all over the world. They have such a good group of people and there are so many different people to skate with,” O’Neill said.

‘They are much more accepted than before.

‘Chloe, she’s one of the best… she’s only 14. I don’t know where it’s going, it’s good.’

Covell started skateboarding when she was six and has taken the sport by storm over the past three years, with a string of major international successes.