Tunisia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tunisia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	TUN
NOC	Tunisian Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.cnot.org.tn/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	38 in 15 sports
Medals Ranked 52nd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2010 2014 2018

Tunisia 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

Tunisia qualified four athletes.

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rami Balti	400 m hurdles	56.03	15	54.59	10
Ahmed Sayf Kadri	2000 m steeplechase	5:44.56	2	12:15	8

Girls

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Ghada Hamdani	Triple Jump	11.74	15	DNS
Imen Rhouma	Pole Vault	3.35	12	3.22	15

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tunisia qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2018 AIBA Youth African Championships

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mawada Taghouti	-60 kg	Dubois  (GBR) L0–5	Did not advance		5

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tunisia has qualified one boat for the following distances into the Olympic canoeing regatta through the 2018 youth olympic games canoeing world qualification event. ^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Zaydene Ben Hassine	Boys’ K1 Sprint	1:50.95	11	DSQ		Did not advance
	Boys’ K1 Slalom	1:24.95	11	1:22.92	7	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Tunisia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 youth African Rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline Championships. ^[2]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Lina Wahada	Individual	7.300	9.050	7.700	6.300	30.350	36	Did not advance

Mixed multi-discipline team

Team

Team	Athlete	Acrobatic	Artistic	Rhythmic	Trampoline	Total points	Rank
Team Rosie MacLennan (Light Blue)	Noa Kazado Yakar  (ISR)   Yonatan Fridman  (ISR)	9	—			441	11
	Sam Dick  (NZL)	—	79	—
	Gabriel Burtănete  (ROU)		14
	Yin Dehang  (CHN)		32
	Emma Spence  (CAN)		26
	Nazlı Savranbaşı  (TUR)		57
	Sofia Nair (ALG)		22
	Tia Sobhy  (EGY)	—		99	—
	Azra Dewan  (RSA)			93
	Lina Wahada  (TUN)			-
	Benny Wizani  (AUT)	—			8
	Yuki Okuno  (JPN)				10

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tunisia qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2017 Cadet World Judo Championships.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Rep 1	Rep 2	Rep 3	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Aleddine Ben Chalbi	Boys' −55 kg	Bye	Daniel Leutgeb  (AUT) L 01s1-10	Did not advance		Bye	Adrián Medero  (PUR) W 11s1-00	Romain Valadier-Picard  (FRA) L 00s2-01s2	Did not advance	5
Mariem Khlifi	Girls' −63 kg		Bye	Saskia Brothers  (AUS) W 10-00	Nikol Pencue  (COL) W 01s1-00	Bye			Szofi Özbas  (HUN) L 00s2-10s01

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Singapore   Ahad Al-Sagheer  (YEM)   Anastasia Balaban  (UKR)   Bryan Garboa  (ECU)   Sarah Kafufula  (COD)   Mariem Khlifi  (TUN)   Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy  (EGY)   Eduarda Rosa  (BRA)   Ilia Sulamanidze  (GEO)	Mixed team	Team Moscow (MIX) L 3–4	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final		Overall Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dhiaeddine Zoghlami	Boys' Single Sculls
Sara Zammali	Girls' Single Sculls

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Girls' tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament

Roster

• Chaima Arbi
• Sabrine Barhoumi
• Amna Ben Arous
• Halima Ben Charrada
• Abir Dhahri
• Nesrine Faidi
• Jihen Fatnassi
• Khouloud Hammami
• Maissa Haouani
• Lamia Mlawah
• Hajer Saoudi
• Amna Zarrai

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	New Zealand	5	5	0	0	169	27	+142	15
2	France	5	4	0	1	178	45	+133	13
3	Canada	5	3	0	2	125	85	+40	11
4	Colombia	5	2	0	3	66	119	−53	9
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	4	44	142	−98	7
6	Tunisia	5	0	0	5	19	183	−164	5

Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

13 October 2018 12:00

New Zealand	53–0	Tunisia
Try: Davison 0'c Pouri-Lane 3'm Maaka 5'm Tairakena 7'm Hohaia (2) 7'c, 10'c Paul 9'm Takitimu-Cook 12'c Tauranga 13'm Con: Pouri-Lane (2/6) 1', 8' Takitimu-Cook (2/4) 11', 12'	Report

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Maddy Putz (Australia)

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13 October 2018 15:55

Canada	50–7	Tunisia
Try: Cousineau (3) 0'c, 7'm, 8'm Grant (2) 3'c, 5'c de Couvreur 7'c Mackinnon 13'm Izyk 14'c Con: Black (3/3) 1', 3', 5' Czeppel (2/5) 7', 14'	Report	Try: Arbi 12'c Con: Ben Charrada (1/1) 12'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)

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14 October 2018 12:50

Tunisia	5–24	Kazakhstan
Try: Barhoumi 14'm Con: Barhoumi (0/1)	Report	Try: Odnoletok (3) 0'c, 4'c, 11'm Boichenko 13'm Con: Kamenkova (2/3) 0', 4' Mikhailenko (0/1)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Katherine Ritchie (Great Britain)

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14 October 2018 15:30

France	41–0	Tunisia
Try: Noel (3) 2'm, 5'c, 13'm Muller 7'c Plantefeve 10'm Hapulat (2) 12'm, 14'c Con: Maran (3/7) 5', 7', 14'	Report

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)

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15 October 2018 10:40

Colombia	15–7	Tunisia
Try: Mejia 7'm Sarmeinto 10'm Ramirez 12'm Con: Tapias (0/3)	Report	Try: Arbi 14'c Con: Ben Arous (1/1) 14'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tunisia qualified one boat based on its performance at the African Nacra 15 Qualifiers. ^{[3] [4]}

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Fourat Gueddana Chaima Chemmeri	Nacra 15

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tunisia qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 African Championships. ^[5]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Douaa Chalghoum	Girls' 10 m air pistol	537-8	19	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Doua Chalghoum  (TUN)   Sung Yun-ho  (KOR)	Mixed 10 metre air pistol	720-7	20	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tunisia qualified four swimmers.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Azziz Ghaffari	100 m freestyle
	200 m freestyle
	400 m freestyle
Ahmed Hafnaoui	200 m freestyle
	400 m freestyle
	800 m freestyle

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tunisia qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the African Continental Qualifier. ^[6]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Nathael Elyes Hamdoun	Boys

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi	Boys' 48 kg	Bye	Sharif Salim  (USA) W 11-8	Dmitrii Shishko  (RUS) L 10-14	Did not advance
Asma Hajji	Girls' 63 kg	Sara Neto  (STP) W 21-0	Assunta Cennamo  (ITA) L 8-11	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tunisia qualified two athlete based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet and junior Championships. ^[7]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Mohamed Aziz Sebai	Boys	10:42	0:28	29:24	0:29	17:51	58:54	25
Sirine Fattoum	Girls	10:52	0:54	32:52	0:32	21:01	1:06:11	28

Relay

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Africa 1   Amber Schlebusch  (RSA)   Christiaan Stroebel  (RSA)   Syrine Fattoum  (TUN)   Mohamed Aziz Sebai  (TUN)	Mixed Relay	22:01 (2) 21:17 (5) 25:27 (12) 23:09 (9)	1:31:54 1P	9

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tunisia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships

Girls

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ghofrane Belkhir	−58 kg	88	1	108	1	196

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tunisia qualified three athletes based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships. ^[8]

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

Boys

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Mehdi Jouini	Greco-Roman −51kg	Sasaki  (JPN) L0 – 9 VSU	Salas  (MEX) L8 – 10 VPO1	3 Q	Adiniwin  (MHL) W2 – 0 VFA	5
Lamjed Maafi	Greco-Roman −71kg	Guţu  (MDA) L0 – 9 VSU	Calle  (COL) W8 – 8 VPO1	2 Q	Yamada  (JPN) L0 – 4 VPO	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Zaineb Sghaier	Freestyle −65kg	Vesso  (EST) L1 – 7 VFA	Nabaina  (CMR) W10 – 6 VFA	Chudyk  (UKR) L0 – 10 VSU	Balogun  (NGR) L0 – 9 VPO	4 Q	Ramírez  (CUB) W1 – 1 VPO1	7
Khadija Jlassi	Freestyle −73kg	Dzibuk  (BLR) L4 – 13 VPO1	Gök  (TUR) W6 – 1 VFA	Oknazarova  (UZB) L2 – 13 VSU1	Machuca  (ARG) L2 – 5 VPO1	4 Q	White  (CAN) W4 – 0 VFA	7

References

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5. "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF . 11 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
6. "Rising to the challenge, Esther Oribamise qualifies for 2018 Youth Olympic Games". ITTF . 17 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
7. "Results: 2018 Rabat ATU Triathlon African Championships and YOG Qualifier". ITU . 22 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
8. "2018 African Championships". UWW . 11 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.