Cuba at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Cuba at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	CUB
NOC	Cuban Olympic Committee
Website	https://www.olympic.org/cuba
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	19 in 7 sports
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 4 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 6
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

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

Medals

Further information: 2018 Summer Youth Olympics medal table

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Lester Lescay Athletics Boys' long jump 15 October  Gold Jordan Díaz Athletics Boys' triple jump 16 October  Gold Melany Matheus Athletics Girls' discus throw 14 October  Gold Milaimys de la Cari. Marín Potrille Wrestling Girls' freestyle −73kg 13 October  Bronze Alegna Osorio Mayarí Athletics Girls' hammer throw 15 October  Bronze Nahomys Acosta Judo Girls' 52 kg 8 October

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 3 0 1 4 Judo 0 0 1 1 Wrestling 1 0 0 1 Total 4 0 2 6

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Cuba qualified one archer based on its performance at the American Continental Qualification Tournament. ^[1]

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
Hazael Jesus Rodríguez Valero	Boys' Individual	660	19	Dalpatadu  (SRI) L5–6	did not advance				17

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
Hazael Jesus Rodríguez Valero  (CUB)   Catalina Gnoriega  (USA)	Mixed team	1302	7	Kang  (PRK)   Vaca Cordero  (MEX) L0–6	did not advance				17

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys

Field events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Lester Lescay	Boys' long jump	7.65	2	7.89	1	15.54
Jordan Díaz	Boys' triple jump	17.14	1	17.04	1	34.18
Niesterle Alejand Castillo Castillo	Boys' shot put	18.66	6	18.54	7	37.20	7

Girls

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Keily Linet Pérez Ibáñez	Girls' 100 metre hurdles	13.96	6	13.49	6	27.45	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Rosaidi Robles Naranjo	Girls' pole vault	3.45	11	3.62	9	7.07	10
Zulia Hernández	Girls' triple jump	12.45	10	12.28	12	24.73	10
Melany Matheus	Girls' discus throw	53.70	1	54.95	1	108.65
Alegna Osorio Mayarí	Girls' hammer throw	63.69	8	63.31	4	127.00

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Cuba qualified a boys' team based on their performance at the 2018 Central Zone U19 Championship. ^[2]

• Boys' tournament - 1 team of 2 athletes

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round		Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ayon Alayo	Boys'	J Bello – Bello  (GBR) L 1-2   Krovon – Ariyata  (TOG) W 2-0   Jorge – Gonza  (PAR) W 2-0	2	Santiago – Rivera  (PUR) W 2-1	Veretiuk – Shekunov  (RUS) W 2-1	Streli – Hajós  (HUN) L 1-2	did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

• 
  Bronze medal match: Kimy Bravo vs. Javier Peña (on top)

Individual

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Rep 1	Rep 2	Rep 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kimy Bravo	Boys' 66 kg	João Santos  (BRA) W 01-00s2	Antonio Tornal  (DOM) L 00s1-10s1	did not advance		Loreince Nanekoula  (GAB) W 10-00s2	Jamshed Sulaimoni  (TJK) W 01s2-00s2	João Santos  (BRA) W 01s2-00s2	Javier Peña  (ESP) L 01-11	4
Nahomys Acosta	Girls' 52 kg	—	Sosorbaram Lkhagvasüren  (MGL) L 00-10	did not advance		Milana Charygulyyeva  (TKM) W 10-00s1	Nemesis Candelo  (PAN) W 10-00s1	Mireille Andriamifehy  (MAD) W 10-00	Veronica Toniolo  (ITA) W 01s1-00s1

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Los Angeles   Soniya Bhatta  (NEP)   Ariel Shulman  (ISR)   Nahomys Acosta Batte  (CUB)   Turpal Djoukaev  (FIN)   Saskia Brothers  (AUS)   Georgios Balarjishvili  (CYP)   Raffaela Igl  (GER)   Alin Bagrin  (MDA)	Mixed team	Team Seoul (MIX) W 5–3	Team Athens (MIX) L 3–5	did not advance		5
Team Montreal   Houda Faissal Abdourahman  (DJI)   Nemesis Candelo  (PAN)   Szofi Ozbas  (HUN)   Ester Svobodova  (CZE)   Oleh Veredyba  (UKR)   Kimy Bravo Blanco  (CUB)   Rhys Allan  (AUS)   Julian Gutierrez  (MEX)		Team Beijing (MIX) L 2–5	did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Cuba qualified two boats based on its performance at the American Qualification Regatta. ^[3]

• Boys' single sculls - 1 athlete
• Girls' single sculls - 1 athlete

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Cuba qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 American Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. ^[4]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Alejandro Rodríguez Díez	Boys	10:47	0:31	29:16	0:27	16:39	57:40	22
Niuska Figueredo Bringa	Girls	10:29	1:16	32:48	0:57	20:33	1:06:03	26

Relay

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Americas 4   Niuska Figueredo Bringa  (CUB)   Pedro Boff da Silva  (BRA)   Enya Noel  (GRN)   Alejandro Rodríguez Díez  (CUB)	Mixed Relay	24:22 (15) 22:05 (11) 26:21 (13) 23:29 (12)	1:36:17	12

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Key:

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

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Yetzis Camila Ramírez Marquez	Girls' freestyle −65kg	Capezan  (ROU) L0 – 11 VSU	Escamilla  (MEX) W2 – 1 VPO1	Tamir  (MGL) L0 – 5 VFA	Zhou  (CHN) L0 – 10 VSU	4 Q	Sghaier  (TUN) L1 – 1 VPO1	8
Milaimys de la Cari. Marín Potrille	Girls' freestyle −73kg	Kagami  (JPN) W4 – 1 VPO1	Fridlund  (SWE) W8 – 0 VPO	White  (CAN) W10 – 0 VSU	Ludgate  (ASA) W8 – 0 VFA	1 Q	Machuca  (ARG) W4 – 0 VFA

References

1. "Cuba, Canada, Brazil and Dominican Republic qualify Youth Olympic places". World Archery Federation . Retrieved 15 May 2018.
2. "Cuba and Puerto Rico claim Olympic beach berths". NORCECA . 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
3. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained" (PDF). FISA . 25 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
4. "Results: 2018 Salinas CAMTRI Triathlon American YOG Qualifier". ITU . 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.