Nigeria at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

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Nigeria at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Nigeria.svg
IOC code NGR
NOC Nigerian Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors6 in 1 sport
Flag bearer (opening) Roy Daniel & Oluwanimifise Wale-Adeogun
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

Nigeria is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Nigeria's debut appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. [1]

Contents

The Nigerian team consisted of six athletes (three per gender) competing in curling. Curlers Roy Daniel and Oluwanimifise Wale-Adeogun were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. [2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

SportMenWomenTotal
Curling 336
Total336

Curling

Nigeria qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes. [3] [4] Nigeria was the first African curling team to qualify for the Winter Youth Olympics, as no African nation was represented in curling at the first three Games. [5]

Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Goodnews Charles
Oluwanimifise Wale-Adeogun
Faitu Danmola
Nkoyo Oku
Mixed team Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
L 1–20
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
L 2–22
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
L 0–21
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
L 1–12
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
L 0–20
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
L 2–22
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
L 0–16
8Did not advance16
Oluwatomisin Akinsanya
Roy Daniel
Mixed doubles Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
L 3–13
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
L 0–18
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
L 0–19
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

Mixed team

Group ASkipWLW–LPFPAEWELBESEDSC
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Li Zetai 611–06525281701259.04
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Kenna Ponzio 610–16826311611551.38
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Kaito Fujii 521–06426271721139.53
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Vilmer Nygren 520–15542271951058.05
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Alexander Johansen 344939251921165.33
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Muhammed Taha Zenit 25414016265582.17
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Jed Nevill 16274418233686.52
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Goodnews Charles 07613343910199.60
Round robin
Draw 1

Saturday, January 20, 10:00

Sheet B12345678Final
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Fujii) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg504533XX20
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (Charles)010000XX1
Draw 2

Saturday, January 20, 18:00

Sheet A12345678Final
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (Charles)000002XX2
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (Zenit) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg 8 23450XX22
Draw 3

Sunday, January 21, 14:00

Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (Charles)000000XX0
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Johansen) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg254622XX21
Draw 4

Monday, January 22, 10:00

Sheet A12345678Final
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Nevill) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg4200213X12
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (Charles)0001000X1
Draw 5

Monday, January 22, 18:00

Sheet D12345678Final
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (Charles)000000XX0
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Ponzio) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg433163XX20
Draw 6

Tuesday, January 23, 14:00

Sheet B12345678Final
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (Charles)000200XX2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Li) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg635062XX22
Draw 7

Wednesday, January 24, 9:00

Sheet D12345678Final
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Nygren) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg3233122X16
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (Charles)0000000X0

Mixed doubles

Group AWLW–LDSC
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2040.17
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2081.03
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 111–041.47
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 110–140.13
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1270.90
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 03144.98
Round robin
Draw 1

Friday, January 26, 18:00

Sheet D12345678Final
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel)0020001X3
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (Nagy / Kárász) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg4105210X13
Draw 2

Saturday, January 27, 10:00

Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Soutar / Brewster) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg521532XX18
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel)000000XX0
Draw 7

Sunday, January 28, 18:00

Sheet A12345678Final
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Bláha) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg135244XX19
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel)000000XX0
Draw 9

Monday, January 29, 14:00

Sheet A12345678Final
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel)0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Locke / Perry)0
Draw 11

Tuesday, January 30, 10:00

Sheet B12345678Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Lee / Lee)0
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel)0

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