Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeAUS
NOCAustralian Olympic Committee
Websitehttp://www.olympics.com.au/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors90 in 27 sports
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
4
Silver
8
Bronze
4
Total
16
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

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)
L 3–5 		did not advance 17
 Laura Paeglis (AUS)
 Youssof Tolba (EGY) 		1299 17  Giannasio (ARG)
 Soithong (THA)
L 2–6 		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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jaylah Hancock-Cameron Women's 1500m/Cross Country 4:18.44 2 13:16 9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Joshua Cowley Men's Long Jump 7.71 1 7.82 2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

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 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Karl Vilips Boys' Individual 69 (-1) 1 68 (-2) 137 1 69 (-1) 206 3 206 -4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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]

Trampoline

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

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]

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

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

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)
L 0 – 11 VSU 		 Khalil (EGY)
L 0 – 10 VSU 		3 Q  Velinov (MKD)
W 10 – 0 VSU 		5

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