Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	AUS
NOC	Australian Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.olympics.com.au/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	90 in 27 sports
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 4 Silver 8 Bronze 4 Total 16
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Australia participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. ^[1]

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jason Hurnall	Boys' individual	663	17	Benitez  (PAR) L 4–6	did not advance				17
Laura Paeglis	Girls' individual	629	22	Canales  (ESP) L 2–6	did not advance				17

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jason Hurnall  (AUS)   Milena Gațco  (MDA)	Mixed team	1301	10	Trydvornava  (BLR)   Ovchynnikov  (UKR) L3–5	did not advance				17
Laura Paeglis  (AUS)   Youssof Tolba  (EGY)		1299	17	Giannasio  (ARG)   Soithong  (THA) L2–6	did not advance				17

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Track

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Final Placing
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Keegan Bell	Men's 400m	49.58	2	49.05	3	9
Anthony Vlatko	Men's 800m	1:54.34	4	1:54.34	8	8
Luke Young	Men's 1500m/Cross Country	3:55.28	5	12:28	26
Thomas Throssell	Men's 400m Hurdles	54.22	4	53.27	1	7
Keely Small	Women's 800m	2:05.68	1	2:04.76	1
Jaylah Hancock-Cameron	Women's 1500m/Cross Country	4:18.44	2	13:16	9
Sophie White	Women's 100m Hurdles	13.39	2	13.01	3	2
Jamie Hiscock	Women's 2000m Steeplechase/Cross Country	6:39.62	5	14:04	26	5

Field

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Final Placing
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Oscar Miers	Men's High Jump	2.05	7	2.22	2
Joshua Cowley	Men's Long Jump	7.71	1	7.82	2
Elizabeth Moss	Women's High Jump	1.78	4	1.82	3	4
Sally Shokry	Women's Discus Throw	44.56	11	46.79	8	10
Rochelle Vicller	Women's Hammer Throw	60.76	11	56.45	12	10

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Zecily Fung	Women's singles	Huang  (TPE) L (12–21, 11–21)	Lima  (BRA) L (11–21, 21–15, 17–21)	Lindes  (NED) W (23–21, 21–19)	4	did not advance			9

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Team Theta   Zecily Fung  (AUS)   Julien Carraggi  (BEL)   Mohamed Mostafa Kamel  (EGY)   Kodai Naraoka  (JPN)   Lukas Resch  (GER)   Jaqueline Lima  (BRA)   Hirari Mizui  (JPN)   Tereza Švábíková  (CZE)	Mixed Teams	Sigma (MIX) L (100–110)	Omega (MIX) L (100–110)	Gamma (MIX) L (107–110)	4Q	Delta (MIX) W (110–93)	Alpha (MIX) L (90–110)	Zeta (MIX) W (110–107)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Girls' tournament	Netherlands W 11–7	Czech Republic W 15–11	Spain L 7–12	Estonia W 19–15	Ukraine W 16–6	France L 20–19	China W 16–13

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified a boys' and girls' team based on their performance at the 2018 Oceania U19 Championship. ^[2]

• Boys' tournament - 1 team of 2 athletes
• Girls' tournament - 1 team of 2 athletes

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mark Nicolaidis James Takken	Boys'	Zuliani – J.Pedro  (BRA) W 2–1   Calvo – Chacon  (BOL) W 2–0   de Groot – Immers  (NED) L 0–2	Bello – Bello  (GBR) L 0–2	did not advance
Tiaan Smith Lauren Taylor	Girls'	Newberry – Sparks  (USA) L 0–2   Villar – Churin  (ARG) L 0–2   Baumann – Betschart  (SUI) L 0–2	did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia selected three athletes to compete based on their performance at the 2018 Youth Oceania Confederation Boxing Championships. ^[1]

• Boys' -69 kg - Kiwa King
• Boys' +91 kg - Jai Dennis
• Girls' -60 kg - Emma Lawson

Summary

Key:

• RSC – Referee stops contest.
• NC – No contest.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinals	Final / BM / PM
		Round 1	Round 2
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jai Ropata Dennis	91+ kg	Egy Elsawy Awad Elbaz  (EGY) L RSC	Dronov  (RUS) L 0–5	—	Tuigamala  (SAM) T NC	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Emma Lawson	-60 kg	Aramokola  (NGR) W 5–0	Buapa  (THA) L 0–5	Saputo  (ARG) L 0–5	4

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event. ^[3]

• Girls' K1 - Jenaya Massie

Summary

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jenaya Massie
	K1 sprint	2:02.43	12 Q	1:28.08	4 Q	Sukhanova  (KAZ) L 2:04.300	did not advance			11
	K1 slalom	1:30.34	16 Q	1:28.08	4 Q	Lewandowski  (GER) L 1:27.580	did not advance			10

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Matthew Carter competed in the boys' 3m springboard event and Alysha Koloi competed in the girls' 3m springboard event.

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified a rider based on its ranking in the FEI World Jumping Challenge Rankings. ^[4]

• Individual Jumping - Madeline Sinderberry

Summary

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification					Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Madi Sinderberry	Zambo	Individual	—					0	=1 Q	4	4	9r	4	9
Mix Australasia   Almarzooqi  (UAE)   Najafinia  (IRI)   Burnett-Grant  (NZL)   Alqashouti  (QAT)   Sinderberry  (AUS)	La Corina Lala La Trinidad Milagro Maximo Pietro Zambo	Team	24	=1 Q	36	60	5	—					60	4

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship. ^[5]

• Boys' Foil - Robert Ciccarelli
• Girls' Foil - Giorgia Salmas

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
Grace Kim	Girls' Individual	71 (+1)	2	69 (-1)	140	1	71 (+1)	211	2	211	+1
Karl Vilips	Boys' Individual	69 (-1)	1	68 (-2)	137	1	69 (-1)	206	3	206	-4

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
Grace Kim Karl Vilips	Mixed team	65 (-5)	10	71 (+1)	6	76	72	148 (+8)	16	284	+4	9

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic

Australia qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Junior Championship. ^[6]

• Girls' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota

Rhythmic

Australia qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Junior Championship. ^[6]

• Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - Lidiia Iakovleva

Trampoline

Australia qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Junior Championship. ^[6]

• Boys' trampoline - Liam Christie
• Girls' trampoline - Jessica Pickering

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the Asian/Oceanian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. ^[7]

• Boys' Individual - Keaan Van Venrooij
• Girls' Individual - Nikita Mawhirt

Roller speed skating

Main article: Roller speed skating at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship. ^[8]

• Boys' combined speed event - Alexander Myint
• Girls' combined speed event - Giselle Stogdale

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships. ^[9] They would also qualify a girls' single sculls boat at the Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualification event. ^[10]

• Boys' single sculls - Cormac Kennedy-Leverett
• Girls' single sculls - Taylor McCarthy-Smith

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified two boats based on its performance at the Oceania Techno 293+ Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. They also qualified another boat at the 2018 World Nacra 15 Championship. A quota in the IKA Twin Tip Racing was achieved at the Asian and Oceania IKA Twin Tip Racing Qualifiers. ^[11]

• Boys' Techno 293+ - Alex Halank
• Boys' IKA Twin Tip Racing - Mani Bisschops
• Girls' Techno 293+ - Hailey Lea
• Mixed Nacra 15 - Will Cooley & Evie Haseldine

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified three sport shooters based on its performance at the 2017 Oceania Championships. ^[12]

• Boys' 10m Air Rifle - Alex Hoberg
• Girls' 10m Air Rifle - Victoria Rossiter
• Girls' 10m Air Pistol - Olivia Erickson

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alex Hoberg	Boys' 10 metre air rifle	623.4	4	183.9	5
Victoria Rossiter	Girls' 10 metre air rifle	624.3	4	118.9	8
Olivia Kate Erickson	Girls' 10 metre air pistol	553-5	14	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Victoria Michelle Venning Rossiter  (AUS)   Hayk Babayan  (ARM)	Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle	826.0	3	Janssen  (GER)   Mudiyanselage  (SRI) W 10-9	Dereviagina  (RUS)   Ramírez Ramos  (MEX) L 4-10	did not advance
Farida Darwish  (EGY)   Alex Chresten Hoberg  (AUS)		825.9	5	Benetti  (ITA)   Mahardika  (INA) L 6-10	did not advance
Olivia Kate Erickson  (AUS)   Pavel Schejbal  (CZE)	Mixed 10 metre air pistol	749-12	7	al-Kaabi  (IRQ)   Son  (BEL) L 9-10	did not advance

Sport climbing

Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 Oceania Youth Sport Climbing Championships. ^[13]

• Boys' combined - Ned Middlehurst

Swimming

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Australia selected 8 athletes (4 boys and 4 girls) to compete in swimming. ^[1]

Boys

• Lewis Blackburn
• Ashton Brinkworth
• Joseph Jackson
• Stuart Swinburn

Girls

• Chelsea Hodges
• Kaylee McKeown
• Michaela Ryan
• Abbey Webb

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. ^[14]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Joshua Ferris	Boys	10:49	0:31	28:28	0:29	16:51	57:08	18
Charlotte Derbyshire	Girls	10:35	0:45	31:21	0:31	19:24	1:02:36	18

Relay

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Oceania 1   Charlotte Derbyshire  (AUS)   Dylan McCullough  (NZL)   Brea Roderick  (NZL)   Joshua Ferris  (AUS)	Mixed Relay	22:26 (5) 19:51 (1) 23:00 (2) 21:15 (2)	1:26:32

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boy

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jett Gaffney	−62 kg	88	12	112	12	200	12

Girl

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maddison Power	−53 kg	60	7	77	7	137	7

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified one athlete based on their performance at the 2018 Oceania Cadet Championships. ^[15]

Key:

• VSU – Without any point scored by the opponent

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Thomas Barns	Boys' freestyle −110kg	Zare  (IRI) L0 – 11 VSU	Khalil  (EGY) L0 – 10 VSU	3 Q	Velinov  (MKD) W10 – 0 VSU	5

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