Colombia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Games Link:	2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2018
Noc:	COL
Nocname:	Colombian Olympic Committee
Website:
Competitors:	53
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	Daniel Restrepo^[1]
Location:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Start Date:	6
End Date:	18 October 2018
Gold:	4
Silver:	3
Bronze:	3
Rank:	14
Appearances:	auto

Colombia participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 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
	Jhony Angulo
	Gabriela Rueda
	Valeria Cabezas
	Daniel Restrepo	Diving	Mixed team
	Yineth Santoya
	Kely Junkar
	Juan Montealegre	Judo	Mixed team
	Gabriela Bolle Juan Ramírez
	Estiven Villar

Archery

See 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

Team

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Cycling

See 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

See main article: Diving at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Daniel Restrepo	Boys' 3 m springboard	511.95	6	576.05
align=left	Boys' 10 m platform	454.95	7	370.85	12
	Mixed team	391.35

Gymnastics

See 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

See main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals				Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Juan Montealegre	Boys' 55 kg	W 01s1-00	L 00s3-10	did not advance	L 00-10	did not advance
Nikol Pencue	Girls' 63 kg		W 10s1-000	L 00-01s1	L 00s1-01	4

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Athens	align=left rowspan=2	Mixed team		W 5–3	W 5–3	L 4–5
Barcelona	L 3-4	did not advance			9

Roller speed skating

See 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

See 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

See main article: article and Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament.

Group stage

Bronze medal match

Shooting

See 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

Team

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nicolás Mejía	Boys' singles	L (4-6, 2-6)	did not advance				17
Camila Osorio	Girls' singles	W (7^7-6^4, 7-5)	W (1-6, 7-6^2, 7-5)	W (6^5-7^7, 6-3, 6-1)	L (4-6, 5-7)	W (7-6^4, 6-0)

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nicolás Mejía	Boys' doubles		/ W (6-3, 7-6^6)	/ L (6^6-7, 6-4, [7-10])	did not advance		5
Camila Osorio	Girls' doubles		/ W (6-4, 6-4)	/ W (7-5, 3-6, [10-7])	/ L (2-6, 2-6)	/ L (5-7, 3-6)	4
Nicolás Mejía Camila Osorio	Mixed doubles	/ W (5-7, 6-3, [10-8])	/ W (4-6, 6-4, [10-8])	/ W (6-1, 6-3)	/ W (6-3, 7^7-6^4)	/ L (2-6, 3-6)

Triathlon

See 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	Mixed Relay	valign=bottom	23:23 (11) 21:26 (6) 23:49 (6) 22:01 (7)	1:30:39 1P	6
Americas 3	valign=bottom	22:49 (7) 21:27 (7) 24:52 (9) 22:35 (8)	1:31:43	7

Weightlifting

See 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

Girls

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

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Key:

• – Victory by Fall
• – Without any point scored by the opponent
• – With point(s) scored by the opponent
• – With point(s) scored by the opponent

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Brandon Calle Perez	Boys' Greco-Roman −71kg	L 0 – 4	L 8 – 8	3	W 14 – 6	5
Diego Zuluaga Cuevas	Boys' freestyle −48kg	L 1 – 12	W 10 – 0	2	L 0 – 4	4

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Daniel Restrepo portará la bandera de Colombia en Buenos Aires 2018 . https://archive.today/20180917213532/http://www.coc.org.co/all-news/daniel-restrepo-portara-la-bandera-de-colombia-en-buenos-aires-2018/ . 17 September 2018 . es . 13 September 2018 . Colombian Olympic Committee . Daniel Restrepo will carry the Colombian flag in Buenos Aires 2018 . 17 September 2018 . live .
2. News: YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Boys . . 15 December 2017.
3. News: Countries that will participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics . UCI . 1 June 2018 . 1 June 2018.
4. News: 2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers . . 25 June 2018 . 26 June 2018.
5. News: Inline Speed Skating Worlds: presented the "5-Rings-Athletes" . . 5 July 2018 . 6 July 2018.
6. News: Colombia Rugby Sevens celebrates Olympic return at Buenos Aires 2018. 29 March 2018. buenosaires2018.com. 29 March 2018. 30 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180330081217/https://www.buenosaires2018.com/en/news/colombia-rugby-sevens-celebrates-olympic-return-buenos-aires-2018. dead.
7. News: Colombia Shock Hosts to Qualify for Women’s Youth Olympic Games. 29 March 2018. America Rugby News. 3 March 2018.
8. News: Quota Places by Name and Nation . . 14 May 2018 . 15 May 2018.
9. News: Results: 2018 Salinas CAMTRI Triathlon American YOG Qualifier . . 1 July 2018 . 1 July 2018.
10. News: Boys Team Classification from World Youth Championships . . 29 March 2018 . 29 March 2018.
11. News: Girls Team Classification from World Youth Championships . . 10 April 2017 . 10 April 2017.