Namibia at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Noc:NAM
Nocname:Namibian National Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Youth Olympics
Year:2014
Location:Nanjing
Competitors:30
Sports:8
Appearances:auto

Namibia will compete at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Namibia was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee.[1]

Individual
Team

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Namibia qualified one athlete.[2]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys
  • Field Events
  • Beach Volleyball

    See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

    Namibia qualified a girls' team by their performance at the CAVB Qualification Tournament.[3]

    AthletesEventPreliminary roundStandingRound of 24Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Rank
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    align=left rowspan=5Stephanie Palmhert
    Kim Seebach
    align=left rowspan=5Girls'did not advance

    L 0–2 (9–21, 10–21)

    Cycling

    See main article: Cycling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

    Namibia qualified a boys' team based on its ranking issued by the UCI.[4]

    Team
    Mixed Relay

    Football

    See main article: Football at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

    Namibia has been selected to represent Africa.[5]

    Girls' Tournament

    See main article: Football at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament.

    Roster
    Group stage

    ----

    Fifth place match

    Gymnastics

    See main article: Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

    Trampoline

    Namibia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 African Trampoline Championships. Later Namibia was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee.[6]

    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    Routine 1Routine 2TotalRankScoreRank
    Reinhardt van ZylBoys
    Jivanka KrugerGirls

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

    Namibia qualified three swimmers.[7]

    Boys
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Lushano Lamprecht100 m backstroke58.9431did not advance
    200 m backstroke2:05.8018did not advance
    Girls
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Sonja Adbelaar200 m freestyle2:09.5833 did not advance
    200 m individual medley2:22.5419 did not advance
    align=left rowspan=3Zanre Oberholzer50 m backstroke30.3927did not advance
    100 m backstroke1:04.5221did not advance
    200 m backstroke2:18.3618did not advance

    Tennis

    See main article: Tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

    Namibia was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee.[8]

    Singles
    Doubles
    AthletesEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Rank
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score

    Girls' Doubles

    L 0–2
    3–6, 5–7
    did not advance9

    Mixed Doubles
     
    L 0–2
    3–6, 1–6
    did not advance17

    Notes and References

    1. News: Youth Olympics Games-2014 Qualification Places Boys . . 6 June 2014 . 7 June 2014.
    2. News: Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics . nanjing2014.org . 6 August 2014 . 8 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808234918/http://result.nanjing2014.qq.com/IRS/ENG/ZZ/ZZS103A_YO2014AT%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG.htm . 8 August 2014 .
    3. News: Sierra Leone men and Rwanda women top podium of African qualifiers for Youth Olympic Games . . 16 April 2014 . 20 April 2014.
    4. News: Cycling Boys Qualifiers . . 12 July 2014 . 12 July 2014.
    5. Namibia women's footballers to represent Africa at 2014 Youth Olympics . Inside the games . 20 November 2012 . 2013-04-07 .
    6. News: 2nd Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers – Gymnastics . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014.
    7. News: Number of Entries by NOC: Swimming . nanjing2014.org . 6 August 2014 . 9 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808210533/http://result.nanjing2014.qq.com/IRS/ENG/ZZ/ZZS103A_YO2014SW%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG.htm . 8 August 2014 .
    8. News: 2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event – Girls Acceptance List by Country . . 1 July 2014 . 15 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140719210308/http://nanjing.itftennis.com/media/179730/179730.pdf . 19 July 2014 .