Puerto Rico at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Puerto Rico at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.copur.pr/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	22 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Adriana Díaz
Medals Ranked 71st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

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

Medalists

Further information: 2018 Summer Youth Olympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Jorge Contreras Athletics Boys' discus throw 14 October  Bronze Jan Moreu Athletics Boys' 5000 metre walk 15 October  Bronze Alvin Canales Boxing -91 kg 17 October

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 1 1 2 Boxing 0 0 1 1

Athletics (track and field)

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Carlos Vilches	Boys' 1500 metres	4:05.93	16	12:32	9	25	13
Jan Moreu	Boys' 5000 metre walk	21:05.25	7	20:54.04	3	41:59.29
Jorge Contreras	Boys' discus throw	55.99	3	59.07	4	115.06

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Puerto Rico qualified a boys' and girls' team based on their performance at the 2018 Central Zone U19 Championship. ^{[1] [2]}

• Boys' tournament – Randall Santiago and William Rivera
• Girls' tournament – Allanis Navas and María González

Athlete	Event	Group stage		Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Navas–Gonzalez	Girls' tournament	Ravo – Tebeim  (VAN) W 2–0   Giuli – Romi  (PAR) W 2–0   Scampoli – Bertozzi  (ITA) L 0–2	2	Sinaportar – Mucheza  (MOZ) W 2–0	Nicole – Canedo  (BOL) W 2–0	Voronina – Bocharova  (RUS) L 0–2	Did not advance
Santiago–Rivera	Boys' tournament	Guvu – Monjane  (MOZ) L 1–2   Leon – Jurado  (ECU) L 1–2   Esther – Namah  (MRI) W 2–0	3	Ayon – Alayo  (CUB) L 1–2	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminary R1	Preliminary R2	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jancarmelo Morales	-81 kg	Itauma  (GBR) L0–5	Ali Karar  (EGY) L0–5	Did not advance	Mousavipaeindezaei  (IRI) WWO	5
Alvin Canales	-91 kg	Salgado  (CHI) W5–0	—	Oralbay  (KAZ) L0–5	Mikušťák  (CZE) W5–0

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Puerto Rico qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship. ^[3]

• Boys' Sabre – Hudson Santana

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Acrobatic

Puerto Rico qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship. ^[4]

• Mixed pair – Adriel Gónzalez and Daniela González

Artistic

Puerto Rico qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship. ^[4]

• Boys' artistic individual all-around – Michael Torres
• Girls' artistic individual all-around – Kryxia Alicea

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage		Final / BM	Rank
					Quarterfinals	Semifinals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Adrián Medero	Boys' 55 kg	Romain Valadier-Picard  (FRA) L 00-10	Did not advance		Aleddine Ben Chalbi  (TUN) L 00-11s1	Did not advance		9
Sairy Colón	Girls' 52 kg	Augusta Ambourouet  (GAB) W 11-00	Veronica Toniolo  (ITA) L 00s1-10s1	Did not advance	Fatime Barka  (CHA) W 10-00	Noemí Huayhuameza  (PER) W 11-00	Nilufar Ermaganbetova  (UZB) L 00-10	5

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Atlanta   Tiguidanke Camara  (GUI)   Aleksa Georgieva  (BUL)   Vusala Karimova  (AZE)   Adrián Medero  (PUR)   Rok Pogorevc  (SLO)   Fatine Rzal  (MAR)   Adrian Sulca  (ROU)   Antonio Tornal  (DOM)	Mixed team	Team Barcelona (MIX) W 4–3	Team Barcelona (MIX) L 3–4	Did not advance
Seoul   Mohammed Al-Mishri  (LBA)   Alex Barto  (SVK)   Sairy Colón  (PUR)   María Giménez  (VEN)   Yuri Israelyan  (ARM)   Kim Ju-hee  (KOR)   Omaria Ramírez  (DOM)   Wu Xiao-zhang  (TPE)	Mixed Team	Los Angeles L 3–5	did not advance			9

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Puerto Rico qualified one athlete based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments. ^[5]

• Girls' +59kg – Janessa Fonseca

Athlete	Event	Elimination round				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Janessa Fonseca	Girls' +59 kg	Sawashima (JPN) L 0–3	Lyck  (DEN) W 2–0	Altooni  (IRI) D 0–0	3	Did not advance		6

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Puerto Rico qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the Latin American Continental Qualifier. ^[6]

• Girls' singles – Adriana Díaz

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boy

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Delvin Rocco Baez Moyeno	+85 kg	110	7	135	7	245	7

Girl

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Adamaris Santiago	−44 kg	55	4	73	4	128	4

References

1. "Cuba and Puerto Rico claim Olympic beach berths". NORCECA . 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
2. "Girls from Puerto Rico and USA to Olympic Youth Games". NORCECA . 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
3. "2018 Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE . 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
4. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG . 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
5. "Youth Olympic qualifier concludes in Umag with new karatekas making it to Buenos Aires 2018". World Karate Federation . 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
6. "Brazil responds, Youth Olympic Games places booked". ITTF . 15 May 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.