Italy at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Italy at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Flag of Italy.svg
IOC code ITA
NOC Italian National Olympic Committee
Website http://www.coni.it/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors83 in 29 sports
Flag bearerDavide Di Veroli
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
11
Silver
10
Bronze
13
Total
34
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

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

Contents

Archery

Italy qualified one archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships. [1]

Individual
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BMRank
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score
Federico Fabrizzi Boys' Individual 64627Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ovchynnikov  (UKR)
L2–6		Did not advance17
Team
AthletesEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BMRank
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score
Flag of Italy.svg  Federico Fabrizzi  (ITA)
Flag of Germany.svg  Clea Reisenweber  (GER)		 Mixed team 13055Flag of New Zealand.svg  Jones  (NZL)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Tang  (TPE)
L2–6		Did not advance17

Athletics

Italy qualified 13 athletes, based on 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships results.

Girls (5)

Badminton

Italy qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings. [2]

Singles
AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BMRank
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score
Giovanni Toti Boys' Singles Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Carraggi  (BEL)
W2–1		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li  (CHN)
L0–2		Flag of Spain.svg  Toledano  (ESP)
L0–2		4Did not advance9
Team
AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BMRank
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score
Team Alpha
Flag of Italy.svg  Giovanni Toti  (ITA)
Flag of India.svg  Lakshya Sen  (IND)
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Vannthoun Vath  (CAM)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Brian Yang  (CAN)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Hasini Nusaka Ambalangodage  (SRI)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Maria Delcheva  (BUL)
Flag of the United States.svg  Jennie Gai  (USA)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Ashwathi Pillai  (SWE)
 Mixed Teams Olympic flag.svg Epsilon (MIX)
W 110–98		Olympic flag.svg Delta (MIX)
L 99–110		Olympic flag.svg Zeta (MIX)
W 110–103		2 QOlympic flag.svg Gamma (MIX)
W 110–94		Olympic flag.svg Theta (MIX)
W 110–90		Olympic flag.svg Omega (MIX)
W 110–106		Gold medal icon.svg

Basketball

Italy qualified a boys' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking. [3]

But Italy took only 3 athletes to Buenos Aires. Italy were the only team to compete with only 3 players in the tournament. In spite of that they reached up to the quarter-final, where they lost to Ukraine in a thrilling contest.

AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score
Chinellato Riccardo
Donadio Lorenzo
Filoni Niccolò
Ianuale Nicolò 		Boys' tournament Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
W 19–10		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
W 21–12		Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan
W 21–6		Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
L 16–18		2 QFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
L 11–14		Did not advance
Skills Competition
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Niccolò Filoni Boys' Dunk Contest 49451Bronze medal icon.svg

Beach handball

Athletes

Beach volleyball

Italy qualified a girls' team based on their performance at 2017-18 European Youth Continental Cup Final. [4]

AthleteEventGroup stageRound of 24Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BMRank
Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score
Scampoli–Bertozzi Girls' tournament Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Navas – Gonzalez  (PUR)
W 2-0
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Giuli – Romi  (PAR)
W 2-1
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Ravo – Tebeim  (VAN)
W 2-0		1ByeFlag of Brazil.svg  Aninha – Thamela  (BRA)
W 2-1		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  J.J. Zeng – Sh. T. Cao  (CHN)
W 2-0		Flag of the United States.svg  Newberry – Sparks  (USA)
W 2-0		Flag of Russia.svg  Voronina – Bocharova  (RUS)
L 0-2		Silver medal icon.svg

Boxing

Italy qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2017 Youth Women's World Boxing Championships. [5]

Boys
AthleteEventPreliminary R1Preliminary R2SemifinalsFinal / RMRank
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result
Naichel Millas -75 kg Flag of Thailand.svg  Jongjohor  (THA)
L1–4		Flag of Brazil.svg  Machado  (BRA)
LWO		Did not advanceFlag of Venezuela.svg  Jiménez  (VEN)
LWO		6
Girls
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal / RMRank
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result
Martina La Piana -51 kg Flag of India.svg  Gulia  (IND)
W5-0		Flag of the United States.svg  Garcia  (USA)
W4–1		Flag of Nigeria.svg  Gbadamosi  (NGR)
W5–0		Gold medal icon.svg

Canoeing

Italy qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event. [6]

AthleteEventQualificationRepechageLast 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BMRank
TimeRankTimeRankOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result
Lucrezia Zironi Girls' K1 sprint 1:56.537ByeFlag of France.svg  Delassus  (FRA)
W 2:01.62		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Sukhanova  (KAZ)
L 1:54.56		Did not advance
Girls' K1 slalom 1:27.90141:23.791Flag of Slovakia.svg  Luknárová  (SVK)
L 1:29.73		Did not advance

Cycling

Italy qualified a boys' and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings. [7] [8]

Dancesport

Italy qualified two dancers based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship. [9] [10]

Diving

AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Antonio Volpe Boys' 3m springboard 509.057515.157
Boys' 10 m platform 405.9511453.358
Chiara Pellacani Girls' 3m springboard 421.003425.907
Flag of Italy.svg  Chiara Pellacani  (ITA)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleh Serbin  (UKR)		 Mixed team —333.406
Flag of Mexico.svg  Gabriela Agundes  (MEX)
Flag of Italy.svg  Antonio Volpe  (ITA)		309.0010

Equestrian

Italy qualified a rider based on its performance at the FEI European Junior Jumping Championships. [11]

AthleteHorseEventRound 1Round 2TotalJump off
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRank
Giacomo Casadei Darna Z Individual Jumping 010100100Gold medal icon.svg
Europe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jack Whitaker  (GBR)
Flag of Italy.svg  Giacomo Casadei  (ITA)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Vince Jármy  (HUN)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Rowen van de Mheen  (NED)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Simon Jan Morssinkhof  (BEL)		L V Chance Luck
Darna Z
Walterstown Cruise Z
Baral Ourika
Cheptel Wigan		 Team Jumping
0
0
4 #
0
0 #		0
4 #
0
0
0
4 #		00
4 #
0 #
0
0
0		0
38.31 #
37.85 #
34.99
34.79
31.80		101.58Silver medal icon.svg

Fencing

Italy qualified five athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship but only three will compete. [12]

Golf

Individual
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Bronze medal
playoff		Total
ScoreRankScoreTotalRankScoreTotalRankScoreScoreParRank
Alessia Nobilio Girls' Individual 68 (−2)172 (+2)140574 (+4)214123 (−1)214+4Silver medal icon.svg
Andrea Romano Boys' Individual 69 (−1)172 (+2)1411074 (+4)21515—215+58
Team
AthletesEventRound 1
(Fourball)		Round 2
(Foursome)		Round 3
(Individual stroke)		Total
ScoreRankScoreRankGirlBoyTotalRankScoreParRank
Alessia Nobilio
Andrea Romano 		Mixed team 57 (−13)172 (+2)87475149 (+9)21278−24

Gymnastics

Artistic

Italy qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship. [13]

Girls
Individual finals
AthleteEventApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB FX
Giorgia Villa All-around 14.56614.00012.30013.20054.066Gold medal icon.svg
Vault 14.233—Gold medal icon.svg
Uneven Bars —14.166—Silver medal icon.svg
Balance Beam —12.966—4
Floor Exercise —13.300—Gold medal icon.svg

Rhythmic

Italy qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on its performance at the European qualification event. [14]

Judo

Individual
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRep 1Rep 2Rep 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Veronica Toniolo Girls' 52 kg Flag of Peru.svg  Noemí Huayhuameza  (PER)
W 10-00s2		Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Sairy Colón  (PUR)
W 10s1-00s1		Flag of Russia.svg  Irena Khubulova  (RUS)
L 00-10		ByeFlag of Cuba.svg  Nahomys Acosta  (CUB)
L 00s1-01s1		4
Team
AthletesEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Team Beijing
Flag of Belarus.svg  Artsiom Kolasau  (BLR)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Liu Li-ling  (TPE)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Jaykhunbek Nazarov  (UZB)
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Carlos Páez  (VEN)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Itzel Pecha  (MEX)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Ana Viktorija Puljiz  (CRO)
Flag of Italy.svg  Veronica Toniolo  (ITA)
 Mixed team Olympic flag.svg Team Montreal (MIX)
W 5–2		Olympic flag.svg Team Nanjing (MIX)
W 4–3		Olympic flag.svg Team London (MIX)
W 7–0		Olympic flag.svg Team Athens (MIX)
W 4–3		Gold medal icon.svg

Karate

Italy qualified one athlete based on the rankings in the Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standings. [15]

AthleteEventPool MatchesSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Rosario Ruggiero Boys' 68 kg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Mahauden  (BEL)
L 0–3		Flag of Ukraine.svg  Shyroian  (UKR)
W 3–0		Flag of Montenegro.svg  Bošković  (MNE)
D 2–2		2Flag of Morocco.svg  Yassine Sekouri  (MAR)
L 0–5		Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg

Modern pentathlon

Italy qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. [16] Italy qualified a second female based on its performance at the 2018 Youth A World Championship. [17] The nation must choose between the two girls.

Roller speed skating

Italy qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship. [18]

Rowing

Italy qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships. Later, Italy qualified a boys' pair boat based on its performance at the 2018 European Rowing Junior Championships. [19]

Sailing

Italy qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Techno 293+ Championships. [20] [21] Italy qualified an additional boat based on its performance at the 2018 IKA Twin Tip Racing Youth World Championship. [22] A Nacra 15 boat was qualified based on their performance at the 2018 Nacra 15 World Championships. [23] [24]

Shooting

Italy qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 European Championships. Italy later qualified a rifle sport shooter based on its performance at the 2018 European Championships. [25]

Individual
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Sofia Benetti Girls' 10 m air pistol 621.38143.07
Giulia Campostrini Girls' 10 m air rifle 556-513Did not advance
Team
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
PointsRankOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRank
Flag of Italy.svg  Giulia Campostrini  (ITA)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Rihards Zorge  (LAT)		 Mixed 10 metre air pistol 746-128Flag of Romania.svg  Haristiade  (ROU)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Solari  (SUI)
W 10-6		Flag of Mexico.svg  Ibarra Miranda  (MEX)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Honta  (UKR)
L 8-10		Did not advance
Flag of Italy.svg  Sofia Benetti  (ITA)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Muhammad Naufal Mahardika  (INA)		 Mixed 10 metre air rifle 820.512Flag of Egypt.svg  Darwish  (EGY)
Flag of Australia.svg  Hoberg  (AUS)
W 10-9		Flag of Finland.svg  Kemppi  (FIN)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Firmapaz  (ARG)
L 5-10		Did not advance

Sport climbing

Italy qualified three sport climbers based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships. They also qualified a second female climber based on its performance at the 2017 European Youth Sport Climbing Championships. [26] [27]

Swimming

Table tennis

Italy qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Latin America) series. [28]

Taekwondo

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Gabriele Caulo Boys' 63 kg ByeFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Hasham Bandar bin Dookhy  (KSA)
W 18-15		Flag of Thailand.svg  Nareupong Thepsen  (THA)
L 14-15		Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Assunta Cennamo Girls' 63 kg ByeFlag of Tunisia.svg  Asma Haji  (TUN)
W 11-8		Flag of Serbia.svg  Nadica Božanić  (SRB)
L 4-16		Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg

Tennis

Singles
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Lorenzo Musetti Boys' singles Flag of Romania.svg  Jianu  (ROU)
L (4-6, 4-6)		Did not advance17
Elisabetta Cocciaretto Girls' singles Flag of Ukraine.svg  Bilokin  (UKR)
W (6-2, 6-4)		Flag of Colombia.svg  Osorio  (COL)
L (6-1, 62-7, 5-7)		Did not advance9
Doubles
AthletesEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Lorenzo Musetti
Flag of Turkey.svg  Yankı Erel  (TUR)		 Boys' doubles —Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Štyler  (CZE) /
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Svrčina  (CZE)
L (4-6, 2-6)		Did not advance9
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Sylvie Zünd  (LIE)		 Girls' doubles —Flag of Slovenia.svg  Juvan  (SLO) /
Flag of Poland.svg  Świątek  (POL)
L (0-6, 2-6)		Did not advance9
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Lorenzo Musetti 		Mixed doubles Flag of the United States.svg  Ma  (USA) /
Flag of the United States.svg  Baird  (USA)
W (7-5, 6-2)		Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Molinaro  (LUX) /
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  de Jong  (NED)
L (6-4, 2-6, [10-12])		Did not advance9

Triathlon

Italy qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. [29]

Individual
AthleteEventSwim (750m)Trans 1Bike (20 km)Trans 2Run (5 km)Total TimeRank
Alessio Crociani Boys 9:290:2726:520:2816:2953:45Bronze medal icon.svg
Chiara Lobba Girls 10:370:4631:150:3018:541:02:0216
Relay
AthleteEventTotal Times per Athlete
(Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km,
Run 1.8 km)		Total Group TimeRank
Europe 1
Flag of Denmark.svg  Sif Bendix Madsen  (DEN)
Flag of Italy.svg  Alessio Crociani  (ITA)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Anja Weber  (SUI)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Alexandre Montez  (POR)		 Mixed Relay 21:42 (1)
20:55 (3)
22:40 (1)
20:55 (1)		1:26:12Gold medal icon.svg
Europe 5
Flag of Italy.svg  Chiara Lobba  (ITA)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Loic Triponez  (SUI)
Flag of Russia.svg  Alevtina Stetsenko  (RUS)
Flag of Israel.svg  Itamar Shevach Levanon  (ISR)		24:00 (14)
21:54 (10)
24:26 (8)
21:28 (4)		1:31:488

Weightlifting

Italy qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Championships. [30] [31]

Boy
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Cristiano Ficco −85 kg 14511801325Gold medal icon.svg
Girl
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Giulia Imperio −48 kg DNF

References

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  2. ↑ "BWF Junior World Ranking – Boys Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "33 countries to compete at 2018 Youth Olympic Games". www.fiba.basketball/. International Basketball Federation (FIBA). 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Russia and Sweden win gold at #CEVContinentalCup, Poland and England join European delegation at Youth Olympics". European Volleyball Confederation . 6 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Five countries win golds as 2017 AIBA Youth Women's World Boxing Championships come to a close in Guwahati". AIBA . 26 November 2017. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Nine countries set to make YOG canoeing debut". International Canoe Federation (ICF). 21 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
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  8. ↑ "Women's Combined Team Event" (PDF). UCI. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Japan Too!". World DanceSport Federation . 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
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  12. ↑ "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE . 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG . 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "18 nations secure Youth Olympic participation in Rhythmic Gymnastics". European Gymnastics Federation. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  15. ↑ "Karate powerhouses lead standings for Youth Olympic Games". World Karate Federation . 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  16. ↑ "YOG 2018 Continental Qualifier - Europe". UIPM . 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  17. ↑ "Twelve athletes secure places in Buenos Aires". UIPM . 29 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  18. ↑ "Inline Speed Skating Worlds: presented the "5-Rings-Athletes"". FIRS . 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  19. ↑ "2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained" (PDF). FISA . 29 May 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
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  21. ↑ "2017 World Youth Women Results". Techno 293 Plus. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  22. ↑ "TT:R Youth World Champions Crowned in China as Final Youth Olympics Places are Claimed". 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  23. ↑ "Final Nacra 15 Youth Olympic Games spots decided". 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
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