Colombia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Colombia participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Colombia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	COL
NOC	Colombian Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.coc.org.co/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	53 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Daniel Restrepo[1]
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 10
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Medalists

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOCs teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Jhony Angulo Roller speed skating Boys' combined 8 October  Gold Gabriela Rueda Roller speed skating Girls' combined 8 October  Gold Daniel Restrepo Diving Boys' 3m springboard 14 October  Gold Valeria Cabezas Caracas Athletics Girls' 400 metre hurdles 16 October  Gold Daniel Restrepo Diving Mixed team 17 October  Silver Yineth Milena Santoya Ortiz Weightlifting Girls' 48 kg 8 October  Silver Kely Valentina Junkar Acero Weightlifting Girls' 53 kg 9 October  Silver Juan Montealegre Judo Mixed team 10 October  Silver María Camila Osorio Serrano Nicolás Mejía Tennis Mixed doubles 14 October  Bronze Gabriela Bolle Carrillo Juan Camilo Ramirez Valencia Cycling Mixed BMX racing 7 October  Bronze Estiven Jose Villar Manjarrés Weightlifting Boys' 62 kg 8 October  Bronze María Camila Osorio Serrano Tennis Girls' singles 13 October

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Colombia qualified one archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.[2]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
David Cadena	Boys' Individual	667	13	Eyeni (CIV) W 6–4	Vaca Cordero (MEX) L 0–6	Did not advance			9

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
David Cadena (COL)  Sogand Rahmani (IRI)	Mixed team	1298	21	Hnin (MYA)  Ak (TUR) L 0–6	Did not advance				17

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Colombia qualified a girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings. They also qualified a mixed BMX racing team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games BMX Junior Nation Rankings and two athletes in BMX freestyle based on its performance at the 2018 Urban Cycling World Championship.[3]

• Girls' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes
• Mixed BMX racing team - 1 team of 2 athletes
• Mixed BMX freestyle - 1 boy and 1 girl

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Daniel Restrepo	Boys' 3 m springboard	511.95	6	576.05
	Boys' 10 m platform	454.95	7	370.85	12
Lin Shan (CHN)  Daniel Restrepo (COL)	Mixed team	N/A		391.35

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Rhythmic

Colombia qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.[4]

• Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Roller speed skating

Main article: Roller speed skating at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Colombia qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship.[5]

• Boys' combined speed event - Jhonny Agulo
• Girls' combined speed event - Gabriela Rueda

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Colombia qualified their national women's team in March 2018.[6][7]

• Girls' tournament - 1 team of 12 athletes

Girls' tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	New Zealand	5	5	0	0	169	27	+142	15
2	France	5	4	0	1	178	45	+133	13
3	Canada	5	3	0	2	125	85	+40	11
4	Colombia	5	2	0	3	66	119	−53	9
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	4	44	142	−98	7
6	Tunisia	5	0	0	5	19	183	−164	5

Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

13 October 2018 12:25

France	47–0	Colombia
Try: Noel 1'm Christiaens (2) 5'c, 10'c Daumalle (2) 7'c, 8'c Hapulat 11'c Roue 14'c Con: Maran (4/5) 6', 10', 12', 14' Christiaens (2/2) 7', 8'	Report

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)

13 October 2018 15:05

New Zealand	38–5	Colombia
Try: Hohaia 0'c Dallinger 2'c Pouri-Lane 5'c Takitimu-Cook 8'c Tairakena 10'm Fitzgerald 14'm Con: Pouri-Lane (4/5) 1', 3', 6', 9' Dallinger (0/1)	Report	Try: Mejia 12'm Con: Ibarra (0/1)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Katherine Ritchie (Great Britain)

14 October 2018 12:25

Canada	27–10	Colombia
Try: Lewis 1'm Aikens (2) 2'm, 14'm Black 4'm Wardley 10'c Con: Black (1/4) 10' Cousineau (0/1)	Report	Try: Mejia 11'm Jimenez 13' Con: Tapias (0/1)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Maddy Putz (Australia)

14 October 2018 15:55

Colombia	36–0	Kazakhstan
Try: Ibarra (3) 2'm, 6'c, 11'm Tapias 4'm Ramirez 7'c Mejia 14'c Con: Tapias (2/5) 7', 7' Mejia (1/1) 14'	Report

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Maddy Putz (Australia)

15 October 2018 10:40

Colombia	15–7	Tunisia
Try: Mejia 7'm Sarmeinto 10'm Ramirez 12'm Con: Tapias (0/3)	Report	Try: Arbi 14'c Con: Ben Arous (1/1) 14'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)

Bronze medal match

15 October 2018 14:45

Canada	24–19	Colombia
Try: Grant (2) 1'm, 11'c Black 3'c Izyk 12'm Con: Black (2/4) 4', 11'	Report	Try: Tapias 5' Ibarra 7'm Mejia 9'c Con: Tapias (2/2) 6', 10' Mejia (0/1)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Colombia qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the American Qualification Tournament.[8]

• Girls' 10m Air Pistol - 1 quota

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Juana Rueda Vargas	Girls' 10 metre air pistol	552-6	15	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juana Rueda Vargas (COL)  Jan Luca Karstedt (GER)	Mixed 10 metre air pistol	750	6 Q	Khutsiberidze (GEO)  Ng (CAN) W 10–7	Vanessa Seeger (GER)  Kiril Kirov (BUL) L 5–10	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Laura Ayala	Girls' +63 kg	N/A	Mu Wenzhe (CHN) L 17–28	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nicolás Mejía	Boys' singles	Štyler (CZE) L (4-6, 2-6)	Did not advance				17
María Camila Osorio Serrano	Girls' singles	Carlé (ARG) W (7^7-6^4, 7-5)	Cocciaretto (ITA) W (1-6, 7-6^2, 7-5)	Naito (JPN) W (6^5-7^7, 6-3, 6-1)	Burel (FRA) L (4-6, 5-7)	Wang (CHN) W (7-6^4, 6-0)

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nicolás Mejía  Gilbert Soares Klier Júnior (BRA)	Boys' doubles	N/A	Baird (USA) /  Boyer (USA) W (6-3, 7-6^6)	Andreev (BUL) /  Hijikata (AUS) L (6^6-7, 6-4, [7-10])	Did not advance		5
María Camila Osorio Serrano  María Lourdes Carlé (ARG)	Girls' doubles	N/A	Nahimana (BDI) /  Rivera Corado (GUA) W (6-4, 6-4)	Rakhimova (RUS) /  Selekhmeteva (RUS) W (7-5, 3-6, [10-7])	Juvan (SLO) /  Świątek (POL) L (2-6, 2-6)	Wang Xinyu (CHN) /  Wang Xiyu (CHN) L (5-7, 3-6)	4
Nicolás Mejía María Camila Osorio Serrano	Mixed doubles	Liang (TPE) /  Ho (TPE) W (5-7, 6-3, [10-8])	Wang Xiyu (CHN) /  Tashbulatov (KAZ) W (4-6, 6-4, [10-8])	Selekhmeteva (RUS) /  López Montagud (ESP) W (6-1, 6-3)	Sun (SUI) /  Wenger (SUI) W (6-3, 7^7-6^4)	Naito (JPN) /  Tajima (JPN) L (2-6, 3-6)

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Colombia qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 American Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[9]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Cristian Andres Triana Peña	Boys	9:47	0:26	27:30	0:28	17:17	55:28	11
Maria Fernanda Barbosa Sánchez	Girls	10:47	0:45	33:04	0:32	19:18	1:04:26	24

Relay

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Americas 2  Karina Clemant (VEN)  Cristian Andres Triana Peña (COL)  Giovanna Lacerda (BRA)  Javier Antonio de la Peña Schott (MEX)	Mixed Relay	23:23 (11) 21:26 (6) 23:49 (6) 22:01 (7)	1:30:39 1P	6
Americas 3  Delfina Orlandini (ARG)  Gabriel Terán Carvajal (ECU)  Maria Fernanda Barbosa Sánchez (COL)  Solen Wood (CAN)		22:49 (7) 21:27 (7) 24:52 (9) 22:35 (8)	1:31:43	7

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Colombia qualified three athletes based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Championships.[10][11]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Estiven Jose Villar Manjarrés	−62 kg	115	3	145	2	260

Girls

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yineth Milena Santoya Ortiz	−48 kg	76	1	86	3	162
Kely Valentina Junkar Acero	−48 kg	78	1	98	2	176

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Key:

• VFA – Victory by Fall
• VSU – Without any point scored by the opponent
• VSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
• VPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Brandon Calle Perez	Boys' Greco-Roman −71kg	Guţu (MDA) L 0 – 4 ^VFA	Maafi (TUN) L 8 – 8 ^VPO1	3 Q	Santos (GUM) W 14 – 6 ^VSU1	5
Diego Zuluaga Cuevas	Boys' freestyle −48kg	Gegelashvili (GEO) L 1 – 12 ^VSU1	Detudamo (NRU) W 10 – 0 ^VSU	2 Q	Gökdeniz (TUR) L 0 – 4 ^VFA	4

See also

• Colombia at the Youth Olympics
• Colombia at the 2019 Pan American Games

References

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2. "YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Boys" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
3. "Countries that will participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). UCI. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
4. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
5. "Inline Speed Skating Worlds: presented the "5-Rings-Athletes"". FIRS. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
6. "Colombia Rugby Sevens celebrates Olympic return at Buenos Aires 2018". buenosaires2018.com. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
7. "Colombia Shock Hosts to Qualify for Women's Youth Olympic Games". America Rugby News. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
8. "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
9. "Results: 2018 Salinas CAMTRI Triathlon American YOG Qualifier". ITU. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
10. "Boys Team Classification from World Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
11. "Girls Team Classification from World Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.