Australia_at_the_2018_Summer_Youth_Olympics

Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Sporting event delegation


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

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Archery

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Athletics

Track

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Badminton

Singles
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Basketball

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Beach volleyball

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
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Boxing

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
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Key:

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

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

  • Girls' K1 - Jenaya Massie
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Diving

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

Equestrian

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

  • Individual Jumping - Madeline Sinderberry
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Fencing

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

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

Golf

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Gymnastics

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]

Trampoline

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

Judo

Modern pentathlon

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

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

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]

Sailing

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

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
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Sport climbing

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

  • Boys' combined - Ned Middlehurst

Swimming

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

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

Table tennis

Triathlon

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

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Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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

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  • VSU – Without any point scored by the opponent
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References

  1. "Buenos Aires 2018 – Selected Athletes". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  2. "Qualified NOC's to the 3rd Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires - 2018" (PDF). FEI. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 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. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  5. "YOG 2018 Continental Qualifier - Asia/Oceania". UIPM. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  6. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained" (PDF). FISA. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  7. "A welcome to Kiribati as Oceania goes for YOG qualification". FISA. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  8. "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  9. "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  10. "Oceania Youth Championship Combined Results" (PDF). IFSC. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  11. "2018 Oceania Championships". UWW. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

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