Switzerland at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Switzerland at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	SUI
NOC	Swiss Olympic Association
Website	http://www.swissolympic.ch/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	41 in 14 sports
Medals Ranked 71st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Gysin Broch	Boys' tournament	Amieva – Zelayeta  (ARG) W 2–1	N Phichakon – T Phanupong  (THA) W 2–0	Manas – Sedlák  (CZE) W 2–0	1	Bye	Brewster – Schwengel  (USA) L 0–2	did not advance
Baumann Betschart	Girls' tournament	Villar – Churín  (ARG) W 2–1	Newberry – Sparks  (USA) L 0–2	Lauren – Tiaan  (AUS) W 2–0	2	Juárez – Alvarado  (GUA) W 2–0	Olimstad – Berntsen  (NOR) L 0–2	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified a boys' and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings. They also qualified a mixed BMX racing team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games BMX Junior Nation Rankings. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

• Boys' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes
• Girls' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes
• Mixed BMX racing team - 1 team of 2 athletes

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michelle Heimberg	Girls' 3 m springboard	389.40	10	417.90	8
Michelle Heimberg  (SUI)   Lou Massenberg  (GER)	Mixed team	—		328.50	8

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Elena Moosmann	Girls' Individual	78 (+8)	18	78 (+8)	156	23	73 (+3)	229	7	229	+19	19
Nicola Gerhardsen	Boys' Individual	71 (+1)	5	69 (-1)	140	3	74 (+4)	214	15	214	+4	7

Team

Athletes	Event	Round 1 (Fourball)		Round 2 (Foursome)		Round 3 (Individual Stroke)				Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Girl	Boy	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Elena Moosmann Nicola Gerhardsen	Mixed team	62 (−8)	3	71 (+1)	6	73	72	145 (+5)	9	278	−2	4

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Trampoline

Switzerland qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship. ^[4]

• Girls' trampoline - 1 quota

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Routine 1	Routine 2	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Emily Mussmann	Girls	42.585	51.050	93.635	3	48.855	7

Multidiscipline

Team	Athlete	Acrobatic	Artistic	Rhythmic	Trampoline	Total points	Rank
Team Kohei Uchimura (Blue)	Daryna Plokhotniuk  (UKR)   Oleksandr Madei  (UKR)	10	—			407	8
	Abdulaziz Mirvaliev  (UZB)	—	115	—
	Michael Torres  (PUR)		117
	Ondřej Kalný  (CZE)		–
	Amelie Morgan  (GBR)		20
	Tang Xijing  (CHN)		9
	Csenge Bácskay  (HUN)		5
	Josephine Juul Møller  (NOR)	—		34	—
	Denisa Stoian  (ROU)			47
	Anna Kamenshchikova  (BLR)			22
	Noureddine-Younes Belkhir  (ALG)	—			21
	Emily Mussmann  (SUI)				7

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Youth A World Championship. ^[5]

• Girls' Individual - Anna Jurt

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships. Later, they qualified one girls' boat based on its performance at the 2018 European Rowing Junior Championships. ^[6]

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

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 World Championship. ^[7]

• Mixed Nacra 15 - 1 boat

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Arnaud Grange Marie Van der Klink	Nacra 15	8	(15)	10	8	12	(15)	8	3	4	6	11	8	2	95.0	10

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2018 European Championships. ^[8]

• Boys' 10m Air Pistol - 1 quota

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jason Solari	Boys' 10 m air pistol	570-13	4	215.6

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Daria-Olimpia Haristiade  (ROU)   Jason Solari  (SUI)	Mixed 10 metre air pistol	744-16	9	Campostrini  (ITA)   Zorge  (LAT) L 6–10	did not advance

Sport climbing

Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Damien Wenger	Boys' singles	Álvarez Varona (ESP) L (3–6, 3–6)	did not advance				17
Lulu Sun	Girls' singles	Selekhmeteva  (RUS) L (61-77, 6–3, 3–6)	did not advance				17

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Damien Wenger   Jesper de Jong  (NED)	Boys' doubles	—	Álvarez Varona (ESP) /   López Montagud  (ESP) W (67-7, 6–2, [10-8])	Štyler  (CZE) /   Svrčina  (CZE) L (6–2, 4–6, [5-10])	did not advance		5
Lulu Sun   Selma Ștefania Cadar  (ROU)	Girls' doubles	—	Ma  (USA) /   Noel  (USA) W (6–1, 6–4)	Wang Xin  (CHN) /   Wang Xiy  (CHN) L (1–6, 6–4, [3-10])	did not advance		5
Lulu Sun Damien Wenger	Mixed doubles	Dema  (UKR) /   Andreev  (BUL) W (6–3, 7-63)	Wang Xin  (CHN) /   Mu  (CHN) W (6–4, 3–6, [10-6])	Molinaro  (LUX) /   de Jong  (NED) W (6–4, 3–6, [12-10])	Osorio  (COL) /   Mejía  (COL) L (3–6, 64-77)	Burel  (FRA) /   Gaston  (FRA) L (4–6, 7–5, [4-10])	4

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Switzerland qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. ^[9]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Loic Triponez	Boys	9:45	0:31	27:25	0:30	18:08	56:19	14
Anja Weber	Girls	9:52	0:43	29:36	0:30	18:55	59:36

Relay

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Europe 1   Sif Bendix Madsen  (DEN)   Alessio Crociani  (ITA)   Anja Weber  (SUI)   Alexandre Montez  (POR)	Mixed Relay	21:42 (1) 20:55 (3) 22:40 (1) 20:55 (1)	1:26:12
Europe 5   Chiara Lobba  (ITA)   Loic Triponez  (SUI)   Alevtina Stetsenko  (RUS)   Itamar Shevach Levanon  (ISR)		24:00 (14) 21:54 (10) 24:26 (8) 21:28 (4)	1:31:48	8

References

1. "Men's Combined Team Event" (PDF). UCI. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
2. "Women's Combined Team Event" (PDF). UCI. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
3. "Mixed BMX Racing Event" (PDF). UCI. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
4. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG . 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
5. "Twelve athletes secure places in Buenos Aires". UIPM . 29 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
6. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained" (PDF). FISA . 29 May 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
7. "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
8. "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF . 18 February 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
9. "Results: 2018 Banyoles ETU Triathlon European YOG Qualifier". ITU . 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.