Italy at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Italy at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Flag of Italy.svg
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitehttp://www.coni.it/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors83 in 29 sports
Flag bearerDavide Di Veroli
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
11
Silver
10
Bronze
13
Total
34
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

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

Archery[]

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified one archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.[1]

Individual
Athlete 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
Boys' Individual 646 27   (UKR)
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
  (ITA)
  (GER) 		Mixed team 1305 5   (NZL)
 Tang (TPE)
L 2–6 		Did not advance 17

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified 13 athletes, based on 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships results.

  • 400 m: Lorenzo Benati (Atl. Roma Acquacetosa)
  • 3000 m: Francesco Guerra (RCF Roma Sud)
  • 2000 m steeplechase: Carmelo Cannizzaro (Lib. Running Modica)
  • 10,000 m race walking: Davide Finocchietti (Libertas Runners Livorno)
  • Pole Vault: Ivan De Angelis (Fiamme Gialle Simoni)
  • Long Jump: Davide Favro (Atl. Canavesana)
  • Discus Throw: Enrico Saccomano (Atl. Malignani Libertas UD)
  • Shot Put: Carmelo Musci (Aden Exprivia Molfetta)

Girls (5)

  • 200 m: Dalia Kaddari (US Tespiense Quartu)
  • 400 m hs: Emma Silvestri (Collection Atl. Sambenedettese)
  • 5000m race walking: Simona Bertini (Asd Francesco Francia)
  • High Jump: Idea Pieroni (Virtus CR Lucca)
  • Discus Throw: Diletta Fortuna (Atl. Vicentina)

Badminton[]

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[2]

Singles
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Boys' Singles   (BEL)
W 2–1 		 Li (CHN)
L 0–2 		  (ESP)
L 0–2 		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 Alpha
  (ITA)
 Lakshya Sen (IND)
  (CAM)
 Brian Yang (CAN)
  (SRI)
  (BUL)
 Jennie Gai (USA)
 Ashwathi Pillai (SWE)
 Mixed Teams  Epsilon (MIX)
W 110–98 		 Delta (MIX)
L 99–110 		 Zeta (MIX)
W 110–103 		2 Q  Gamma (MIX)
W 110–94 		 Theta (MIX)
W 110–90 		 Omega (MIX)
W 110–106 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Basketball[]

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified a boys' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.[3]

  • Boys' tournament - 1 team of 4 athletes, Chinellato Riccardo, Donadio Lorenzo, Filoni Niccolò, Ianuale Nicolò;

But Italy took only 3 athletes to Buenos Aires. Italy were the only team to compete with only 3 players in the tournament. In spite of that they reached up to the quarter final, where they lost to Ukraine in a thrilling contest.

Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score



Boys' tournament  Latvia
W 19–10 		 Kazakhstan
W 21–12 		 Kyrgyzstan
W 21–6 		 Belgium
L 16–18 		2 Q  Ukraine
L 11–14 		Did not advance
Skills Competition
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Boys' Dunk Contest 49 4 51 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Beach handball[]

Main article: Beach handball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athletes

Beach volleyball[]

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified a girls' team based on their performance at 2017-18 European Youth Continental Cup Final.[4]

  • Girls' tournament - 1 team of 2 athletes, Bertozzi Nicol, Scampoli Claudia
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 24 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
– Girls' tournament  – (PUR)
W 2-0
 – (PAR)
W 2-1
 – (VAN)
W 2-0 		1 Bye  – (BRA)
W 2-1 		 – (CHN)
W 2-0 		 – (USA)
W 2-0 		 Voronina–Bocharova (RUS)
L 0-2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Boxing[]

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2017 Youth Women's World Boxing Championships.[5]

Boys
Athlete Event Preliminary R1 Preliminary R2 Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
-75 kg   (THA)
L 1–4 		 Machado (BRA)
L WO 		Did not advance   (VEN)
L WO 		6
Girls
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
-51 kg   (IND)
W 5-0 		  (USA)
W 4–1 		  (NGR)
W 5–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Canoeing[]

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.[6]

  • Girls' K1 - Zironi Lucrezia
Athlete Event Qualification Repechage Last 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Girls' K1 sprint 1:56.53 7 Bye   (FRA)
W 2:01.62 		  (KAZ)
L 1:54.56 		Did not advance
Girls' K1 slalom 1:27.90 14 1:23.79 1   (SVK)
L 1:29.73 		Did not advance

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified a boys' and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings.[7][8]

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

Dancesport[]

Main article: Dancesport at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified two dancers based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.[9][10]

  • B-Boys - aka Bad Matty
  • B-Girls - Lexy

Diving[]

Main article: Diving at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Boys' 3m springboard 509.05 7 515.15 7
Boys' 10 m platform 405.95 11 453.35 8
Chiara Pellacani Girls' 3m springboard 421.00 3 425.90 7
 Chiara Pellacani (ITA)
 Oleh Serbin (UKR) 		Mixed team N/A 333.40 6
 Gabriela Agundes (MEX)
  (ITA) 		309.00 10

Equestrian[]

Main article: Equestrian at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified a rider based on its performance at the FEI European Junior Jumping Championships.[11]

  • Individual Jumping - 1 athlete
Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Total Jump off
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank
Darna Z Individual Jumping 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Europe
  (GBR)
  (ITA)
  (HUN)
  (NED)
  (BEL) 		L V Chance Luck
Darna Z
Walterstown Cruise Z
Baral Ourika
Cheptel Wigan 		Team Jumping
0
0
4 #
0
0 #		 0
4 #
0
0
0
4 #		 0 0
4 #
0 #
0
0
0		 0
38.31 #
37.85 #
34.99
34.79
31.80		 101.58 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Fencing[]

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified five athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship but only three will compete.[12]

  • Boys' Épée - Davide Di Veroli (Italian flagbearer)
  • Boys' Foil -
  • Girls' Épée - (*)
  • Girls' Foil -
  • Girls' Sabre - (*)

Golf[]

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Individual
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Bronze medal
playoff 		Total
Score Rank Score Total Rank Score Total Rank Score Score Par Rank
Alessia Nobilio 68 (−2) 1 72 (+2) 140 5 74 (+4) 214 12 3 (−1) 214 +4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
69 (−1) 1 72 (+2) 141 10 74 (+4) 215 15 N/A 215 +5 8
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
Alessia Nobilio
 Mixed team 57 (−13) 1 72 (+2) 8 74 75 149 (+9) 21 278 −2 4

Gymnastics[]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic[]

Italy qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship.[13]

  • Boys' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota
  • Girls' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota
Girls
Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB FX
Giorgia Villa All-around 14.566 14.000 12.300 13.200 54.066 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Vault 14.233 N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Uneven Bars N/A 14.166 N/A 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Balance Beam N/A 12.966 N/A 4
Floor Exercise N/A 13.300 N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Rhythmic[]

Italy qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on its performance at the European qualification event.[14]

  • Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

Judo[]

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Individual
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Rep 1 Rep 2 Rep 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Girls' 52 kg   (PER)
W 10-00s2 		  (PUR)
W 10s1-00s1 		 Irena Khubulova (RUS)
L 00-10 		Bye  Nahomys Acosta (CUB)
L 00s1-01s1 		4
Team
Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Team Beijing
  (BLR)
  (TPE)
  (UZB)
  (VEN)
  (MEX)
  (CRO)
  (ITA)
 Mixed team  Team Montreal (MIX)
W 5–2 		 Team Nanjing (MIX)
W 4–3 		 Team London (MIX)
W 7–0 		 Team Athens (MIX)
W 4–3 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Karate[]

Main article: Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified one athlete based on the rankings in the Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standings.[15]

  • Boys' -68 kg -
Athlete Event Pool Matches Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Boys' 68 kg   (BEL)
L 0–3 		  (UKR)
W 3–0 		  (MNE)
D 2–2 		2   (MAR)
L 0–5 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Modern pentathlon[]

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[16] Italy qualified a second female based on its performance at the 2018 Youth A World Championship.[17] The nation must choose between the two girls.

  • Boys' Individual -
  • Girls' Individual - or

Roller speed skating[]

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

Italy qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship.[18]

  • Boys' combined speed event -
  • Girls' combined speed event -

Rowing[]

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships. Later, Italy qualified a boys' pair boat based on its performance at the 2018 European Rowing Junior Championships.[19]

  • Boys' pair - 1 boat Castelnovo Nicolas, Zamariola Alberto
  • Girls' pair – 1 boat Alajdi El Idrissi Khadija, Tonoli Vittoria

Sailing[]

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Techno 293+ Championships.[20][21] Italy qualified an additional boat based on its performance at the 2018 IKA Twin Tip Racing Youth World Championship.[22] A Nacra 15 boat was qualified based on their performance at the 2018 Nacra 15 World Championships.[23][24]

  • Boys' Techno 293+ - 1 boat
  • Girls' Techno 293+ - 1 boat
  • Girls' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat
  • Mixed Nacra 15 - 1 boat

Shooting[]

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 European Championships. Italy later qualified a rifle sport shooter based on its performance at the 2018 European Championships.[25]

  • Girls' 10m Air Rifle - 1 quota
  • Girls' 10m Air Pistol - 1 quota
Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Girls' 10 m air pistol 621.3 8 143.0 7
Girls' 10 m air rifle 556-5 13 Did not advance
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Points Rank Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank
  (ITA)
  (LAT) 		Mixed 10 metre air pistol 746-12 8   (ROU)
  (SUI)
W 10-6 		  (MEX)
  (UKR)
L 8-10 		Did not advance
  (ITA)
  (INA) 		Mixed 10 metre air rifle 820.5 12   (EGY)
 Hoberg (AUS)
W 10-9 		  (FIN)
  (ARG)
L 5-10 		Did not advance

Sport climbing[]

Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified three sport climbers based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships. They also qualified a second female climber based on its performance at the 2017 European Youth Sport Climbing Championships.[26][27]

  • Boys' combined - 2 quotas (, )
  • Girls' combined - 2 quotas (Laura Rogora, )

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Table tennis[]

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Latin America) series.[28]

  • Boys' singles -
  • Girls' singles -

Taekwondo[]

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Boys' 63 kg Bye   (KSA)
W 18-15 		  (THA)
L 14-15 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Girls' 63 kg Bye   (TUN)
W 11-8 		  (SRB)
L 4-16 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Tennis[]

Main article: Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Singles
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Lorenzo Musetti Boys' singles  Jianu (ROU)
L (4-6, 4-6) 		Did not advance 17
Elisabetta Cocciaretto Girls' singles   (UKR)
W (6-2, 6-4) 		 Osorio Serrano (COL)
L (6-1, 62-7, 5-7) 		Did not advance 9
Doubles
Athletes Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Lorenzo Musetti
 Yankı Erel (TUR) 		Boys' doubles N/A  Štyler (CZE) /
 Svrčina (CZE)
L (4-6, 2-6) 		Did not advance 9
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
  (LIE) 		Girls' doubles N/A  Juvan (SLO) /
 Świątek (POL)
L (0-6, 2-6) 		Did not advance 9
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Lorenzo Musetti 		Mixed doubles   (USA) /
  (USA)
W (7-5, 6-2) 		 Molinaro (LUX) /
 de Jong (NED)
L (6-4, 2-6, [10-12]) 		Did not advance 9

Triathlon[]

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[29]

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (750m) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) Total Time Rank
Boys 9:29 0:27 26:52 0:28 16:29 53:45 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Girls 10:37 0:46 31:15 0:30 18:54 1:02:02 16
Relay
Athlete Event Total Times per Athlete
(Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km,
Run 1.8 km) 		Total Group Time Rank
Europe 1
  (DEN)
  (ITA)
  (SUI)
  (POR) 		Mixed Relay 21:42 (1)
20:55 (3)
22:40 (1)
20:55 (1) 		1:26:12 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Europe 5
  (ITA)
  (SUI)
  (RUS)
  (ISR) 		24:00 (14)
21:54 (10)
24:26 (8)
21:28 (4) 		1:31:48 8

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Championships.[30][31]

Boy
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Cristiano Ficco −85 kg 145 1 180 1 325 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Girl
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
−48 kg DNF

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