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Australia's Olympic team at a glance

Steve LarkinAAP
Mary Hanna, 66, is Australia's oldest Olympian, heading to her sixth Games in Tokyo.
Camera IconMary Hanna, 66, is Australia's oldest Olympian, heading to her sixth Games in Tokyo. Credit: AP

AUSTRALIA'S TOYKO OLYMPICS TEAM AT A GLANCE

* 472 athletes, the third largest at an Olympics behind Sydney 2000 (632 athletes) and Athens 2004 (482)

* 254 women and 218 men

* Largest number of women to compete, bettering 214 in Rio 2016

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* Record number of Indigenous athletes, 16

* Team will contest all 33 sports in Tokyo

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* Second-largest Australian team at an away Games, behind 482 in Athens 2004

* Team includes Australia's oldest-ever Olympian, 66-year-old Mary Hanna (equestrian)

* Hanna and Jian Fang Lay (table tennis) will compete at their sixth Olympics, a record for Australian women

* Andrew Hoy (equestrian) will contest his eighth Olympics, an Australian record

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