Colombia at the Youth Olympics

Colombia first participated at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural 2010 Games in Singapore. Colombia has sent a team to each Summer Youth Olympic Games[1] and participated for the first time at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in the 2016 edition in Lillehammer.[2][3] Colombian city of Medellín submitted a bid to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, but in a voting process in 2013 lost the games to the argentine capital Buenos Aires.[4]

Colombia at the
Youth Olympics
IOC codeCOL
NOCColombian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coc.org.co (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
7
Silver
6
Bronze
5
Total
18
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Medal tables
IOC President Thomas Bach congratulating roller skater Jhony Angulo Reina for his golden medal.

Competing at the Youth Olympic Games, Colombian athletes has won a total of 18 medals, in 9 different sports. Weightlifter José Gavino Mena won the country's first medal at this competition, at the inaugural edition held in Singapore in 2010. As in the senior Olympics, Weightlifting is the most successful sport for the country with five medals won, although none of them is a golden one; and Cycling is also a successful sport, contributing with two gold[5][6] and one bronze medals. Roller speed skating is a very popular sport in Colombia, hence the domination of the country in that sport at international competitions. The sport was introduced in the olympic program for the Buenos Aires Games in 2018, and Colombian skaters won the two events held at those games[7]. The medals won in Tennis[8] and Equestrian in 2010 were the first won for the country at olympic competitions. Indeed, in Tennis the Colombians has won a complete set of medals as of 2018. Taekwondo practitioner Debbie Yopasa Gómez was the first female medalist for Colombia at the Youth Olympics, winning a bronze medal[9] in Nanjing 2014. Despite being a tropical country, Colombia made its debut at the Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer 2016. Michael Poettoz was the sole representative of the country at those games (He later went on to become the first person to be born in Colombia to qualify to compete at the senior Winter Olympics in PyeongChang 2018).Tennis player María Osorio is the only Colombian athlete to have won two medals for the country at the youth games, and the only one (including senior Olympic Games) to have won two medals at a single edition of the olympics. Diver Daniel Restrepo won Colombia's first medal in Diving at Olympic competitions.

Medalists by Summer Games

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 GoldJuan Sebastián Gómez Singapore 2010 TennisBoys' Singles
 GoldMixed Cycling Team
Jessica Lergada
Jhonnatan Botero
Brayan Ramirez
David Oquendo		 Singapore 2010 CyclingCombined mixed team
 SilverJosé Mena Singapore 2010 WeightliftingBoys' 62 kg
 SilverMario Gamboa Singapore 2010 EquestrianIndividual Jumping
 SilverJuan Carlos Carrillo Singapore 2010 BoxingMen's Middle 75 kg
 GoldBoys' Cycling Team
Brandon Rivera
John Rodriguez Salazar		 Nanjing 2014 CyclingBoys' team
 BronzeDebbie Yopasa Gómez Nanjing 2014 TaekwondoGirls' 63 kg
 BronzeAndrés Caicedo Piedrahita Nanjing 2014 WeightliftingBoys' 69 kg
 GoldGabriela Rueda Rueda Buenos Aires 2018 Roller speed skatingGirls' combined
 GoldJhony Angulo Reina Buenos Aires 2018 Roller speed skatingBoys' combined
 GoldDaniel Restrepo García Buenos Aires 2018 DivingBoys' 3m springboard
 GoldValeria Cabezas Caracas Buenos Aires 2018 AthleticsGirls' 400 m hurdles
 SilverYineth Santoya Ortíz Buenos Aires 2018 WeightliftingGirls' 48 kg
 SilverKely Junkar Acero Buenos Aires 2018 WeightliftingGirls' 53 kg
 SilverMixed Double Team
María Camila Osorio Serrano
Nicolás Mejía		 Buenos Aires 2018 TennisMixed doubles
 BronzeMixed BMX Cycling Team
Gabriela Bolle Carrillo
Juan Ramirez Valencia		 Buenos Aires 2018 CyclingMixed BMX racing
 BronzeEstiven Villar Manjarrés Buenos Aires 2018 WeightliftingBoys' 62 kg
 BronzeMaría Camila Osorio Serrano Buenos Aires 2018 TennisGirls' singles

Medalists by Winter Games

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 SilverDiego Amaya Martínez Lausanne 2020 Speed skatingBoys' Mass Start
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See also

References
  1. "Nuestro futuro olímpico está asegurado - ELESPECTADOR.COM". 14 October 2018.
  2. Cali, Casa Editorial El País. "Michael Poettoz buscará izar la bandera colombiana en Noruega".
  3. "Michael Poettoz's plot to put Colombian winter sports on the map". 21 February 2018.
  4. "Buenos Aires elected as Host City for 2018 Youth Olympic Games". 21 July 2016.
  5. "Cinco medallas, en Singapur 2010". www.coc.org.co. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  6. "El ciclismo le da a Colombia su primer oro en los Olímpicos de la Juventud". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). 2014-08-22. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  7. "Colombia, rumbo a las mejores olimpiadas juveniles de su historia". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  8. "¿Qué hacen los medallistas de Singapur-2010?". www.elcolombiano.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  9. Colombia.com, Redacción (2014-09-01). "Colombia cerró su participación en Nanjing 2014". Colombia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-01-07.
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