Israel at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Israel at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Israel at the; 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
Website	www.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Buenos Aires
Competitors	19 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Avishag Semberg
Medals; Ranked 52nd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
	2010; 2014; 2018;

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

Medalists[]

Anastasya Gorbenko, 2021

Noa Kazado Yakar and Yonatan Fridman during the victory ceremony

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Anastasia Gorbenko	Swimming	200 m individual medley	7 Oct
Silver	Yonatan Fridman Noa Kazado Yakar	Gymnastics		15 Oct
Bronze	Denis Loktev	Swimming	200 m freestyle	8 Oct

Athletics[]

Israel qualified three athletes.

Boys
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
	3000 m	8:30.27	11	12:06	7	N/A	9
		N/A		12:06	18	12:06	18

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank	Total	Rank
	Pole vault	4.45	13	4.62	14	9.07	12

Girls
Field Events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank	Total	Rank
	High jump	1.74	9	1.79	7	3.53	7

Cycling[]

The ranks of the Israelis cyclists at the 2017 men junior XCO mountain bike world championships place Israel at the 7th place. This position qualified two cyclists for Israel.^[1]^[2]

Team

Athletes	Event	Cross-Country Eliminator		Time Trial			Criterium		Cross-Country Short Circuit			Road Race			Total Pts	Rank
Athletes	Event	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Total Pts	Rank
	Boys' Team	3 15	65 2	8:59.95	12	6	15 20	2 0	19:42 -1 LAP	8 19	20 0	1:31:03 1:31:03	22 11	0 8	103	9

Gymnastics[]

Acrobatic[]

Israel qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship.^[3]

Pairs

Athlete	Qualification								Final
	Dynamic		Balance		Combined		Total	Rank	Total	Rank
	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Yonatan Fridman Noa Kazado Yakar	26.930	4	27.750	2	27.390	3	82.070	1 Q	27.590

Artistic[]

Israel qualified one gymnast based on performance at the European qualification event as part of the 2018 European Junior Championship. Zeiadel finish at the 23rd place on the individual all-around event with 73.265 points. This score place Israel at the 15th place.^[3]^[4]

Boys

Event	Apparatus												Total	Rank
	Floor		Pommel horse		Rings		Vault		Parallel bars		Horizontal bar
	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Qualification	12.166	26	6.633	35	11.266	33	10.166	34	13.200	12	10.925	30	64.356	34

Rhythmic[]

Israel qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on performance at the European qualification event. Sotskova finish at the 5th place on the individual all-around event.^[5]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
	Individual	16.350	15.150	15.350	14.950	61.800	4 Q	16.150	14.550	15.700	14.400	60.800	7

Judo[]

Israel qualified one athlete based on its position at the IJF cadet WRL.

Individual

Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage		Final / BM	Rank
	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Boys' -55 kg	(UKR) L 0-10	Did not advance		(COL) W 10-0	(ECU) W 10-0	(AUT) L 0-10	5

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final		Rank
		Personal	Team	Personal	Team	Personal	Team	Personal	Team
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Los Angeles Soniya Bhatta (NEP) Nahomys Acosta Batte (CUB) (AUS) (GER) (ISR) (CYP) (FIN) (MDA)	Mixed Team	(ARM) W 10-00	Seoul W 5-3	(COL) L 00-10s1	Athens L 3-5	Did not advance				5

Sailing[]

Israel qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Techno 293+ Championships. finished at the 4th place and earned one quota places for the Israeli delegation in the girls’ event. finished at the 9th place and earned one quota places for the Israeli delegation in the boys’ event.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Athlete	Event	Race													Total score	Net score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Total score	Net score	Rank
		~~BFD (25)~~	6	3	3	Cancelled	5	12	7	3	5	3	7	2	81	56	4
	Girls' Techno 293+	5	5	4	2	Cancelled	5	7	4	2	4	3	16	6	63	47	4

Swimming[]

Israel qualified four athlete based on its performance at the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest.^[9]

Boys

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Denis Loktev	100 m freestyle	50.91	11	50.81	13	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:49.20	5	N/A		1:48.53
	400 m freestyle	3:52.04	4	N/A		3:52.12	6
Gal Cohen Groumi	50 m butterfly	25.20	26	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	55.22	24	Did not advance
	50 m freestyle	23.97	27	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:04.25	3	N/A		2:02.41	4

Girls

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Anastasia Gorbenko	100 m freestyle	56.33	8	56.21	8	55.88	7
	200 m backstroke	2:14.24	9	N/A		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:14.74	1	N/A		2:12.88 NR
	200 m breaststroke	2:33.13	17	N/A		Did not advance
Lea Polonsky	100 m butterfly	1:02.56	20	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:20.58	11	N/A		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:21.16	21	N/A		Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:12.69	33	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Position	Time	Position
Denis Loktev Gal Cohen Groumi Anastasia Gorbenko Lea Polonsky	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:33.57	2	DSQ	8
	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.68	13	Did not advance

Taekwondo[]

The 2018 World Youth Championship in Taekwondo took place in April in Tunisia. In contrast to the Olympic Charter, Israeli athletes were prevented from entering Tunisia and their ability to achieve the Olympic criterion was impaired. In light of this, and after the demand of the Olympic Committee of Israel, two Israeli athletes Avishag Semberg and received a free ticket to the Youth Olympics. But eventually was received the free ticket in Pashcovsky place.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
	-55 kg	(KOR) L 11 - 33	Did not advance			9

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Avishag Semberg	-49 kg	(THA) W 17 - 8	(CHN) L 9 - 15	Did not advance		5

Triathlon[]

finished at the 8th place with a total time of 55:44 minutes at the 2018 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier held in Banyoles, Spain. Israel qualified one athlete based on Levanon's performance.^[10]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20km)	Trans 2	Run (5km)	Total Time	Rank
	Boys	10:29	0:28	28:51	0:28	16:36	56:52	15

Relay

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250/300m, Bike 5/8km, Run 1.5/2km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Europe 5 (ITA) (SUI) (RUS) (ISR)	Mixed Team Relay	24:00 21:54 24:26 21:28	1:31:48	8

References[]

^ "2017 Mountain Bike World Championships - CROSS-COUNTRY - Men Junior - Ranking by Nation". UCI. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
^ "Men's Combined Team Event" (PDF). UCI. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
^ "Youth Olympic Games Qualifying Competition - Men Artistic Gymnastics - All-Around Results" (PDF). FIG. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "18 nations secure Youth Olympic participation in Rhythmic Gymnastics". European Gymnastics Federation. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ "2017 World Youth Men Results". Techno 293 Plus. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
^ "2017 World Youth Women Results". Techno 293 Plus. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
^ "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ "Qualification System – Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 - Swimming" (PDF). FINA. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
^ "Results: 2018 Banyoles ETU Triathlon European YOG Qualifier". ITU. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[1] "2017 Mountain Bike World Championships - CROSS-COUNTRY - Men Junior - Ranking by Nation". UCI. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[2] "Men's Combined Team Event" (PDF). UCI. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[Gymnastics-3] "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[4] "Youth Olympic Games Qualifying Competition - Men Artistic Gymnastics - All-Around Results" (PDF). FIG. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[5] "18 nations secure Youth Olympic participation in Rhythmic Gymnastics". European Gymnastics Federation. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[6] "2017 World Youth Men Results". Techno 293 Plus. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

[7] "2017 World Youth Women Results". Techno 293 Plus. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

[8] "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

[9] "Qualification System – Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 - Swimming" (PDF). FINA. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

[10] "Results: 2018 Banyoles ETU Triathlon European YOG Qualifier". ITU. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

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