Great Britain at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Sporting event delegation

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

Archery[edit]

Great Britain qualified one archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.[1] Later, Great Britain qualified a male archer based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Championships.[2]

  • Boys’ Individual – Daniel Thompson[3][4]
  • Girls’ Individual – Alyssia Tromans-Ansell[3][4]
Individual
Team

Badminton[edit]

Great Britain qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[5][6]

Singles
Team

Beach volleyball[edit]

Great Britain qualified a boys’ team based on their performance at 2017–18 European Youth Continental Cup Final.[7]

  • Boys’ tournament – Javier Bello and Joaquin Bello.[3][4]

Great Britain qualified three boxers based on their performance at the 2018 Youth European Confederation Boxing Championship.[8]

  • Boys’ 52 kg – Ivan Hope Price[4][3]
  • Boys’ 64 kg – Hassan Azim[3][4]
  • Boys’ 81 kg – Karol Itauma[4][3]
  • Girls’ 60 kg – Caroline Sara Dubois[3][4]
Boys
Girl

Cycling[edit]

Great Britain qualified a boys’ and girls’ combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings. They also qualified a mixed BMX racing team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games BMX Junior Nation Rankings.[9][10][11]

  • Boys’ combined team – Sean Flynn and Harry Birchill.[3][4]
  • Girls’ combined team – Harriet Harnden and Anna McGorum.[3][4]
  • Mixed BMX racing team – Ross Cullen and Elissa Bradford[4][3]

Great Britain qualified three divers at the 2018 World Junior Diving Championships.

  • Boys’ 3m Springboard – Antony Harding[4][3]
  • Boys’ 10 Platform – Antony Harding[4][3] (not used)
  • Girls’ 3m Springboard – Maria Papworth[4][3]

Equestrian[edit]

Great Britain qualified a rider based on its performance at the FEI European Junior Jumping Championships.[12]

  • Individual Jumping – Jack Whitaker[4][3]

Great Britain have qualified a mixed team of one boy and one girl as a result of the World Amateur Golf Rankings as at 25 July 2018.

  • Mixed team – Joe Pagdin and Lily May Humphreys.[4][3]
Individual
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
Lily May Humphreys
Joe Pagdin 		Mixed team 64 (−6) 6 73 (+3) 10 74 73 147 (+7) 9 284 +4 9

Gymnastics[edit]

Acrobatic[edit]

Great Britain qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship.[13]

  • Mixed pair – Clyde Gembickas and Sophia Imrie-Gale.[3][4]

Artistic[edit]

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

Trampoline[edit]

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

  • Boys’ trampoline – Andrew Stamp[4][3]
  • Girls’ trampoline – Jessica Clarke[4][3]

Great Britain qualified one athlete based on the rankings in the Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standings.[14] Later, they qualified a second athlete based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.[15]

Modern pentathlon[edit]

Great Britain qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Youth A World Championship.[16]

Great Britain qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships.[17]

  • Boys’ pair – Michael Dalton and Theo Darlow.[3][4]
  • Girls’ single sculls – Georgina Robinson Ranger[3][4]

Sailing[edit]

Great Britain qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Techno 293+ Championships.[18][19][20]

Shooting[edit]

Great Britain have received a wild card entry in the boy’s air pistol event in the shooting competition.

  • Boys’ 10m Air Pistol – James Miller[4][3]
Individual
Mixed

Taekwondo[edit]

Great Britain have qualified two athletes for the taekwondo competition via the qualification tournament.

  • Boys’ −55kg – Mason Yarrow
  • Girls’ −49kg – Aaliyah Powell[4][3]
  • Girls’ +63kg – Sharissa Gannaway[4][3]

Triathlon[edit]

Great Britain qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[21]

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (750m) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) Total Time Rank
Calum Young Boys 9:36 0:31 27:34 0:27 17:04 55:12 10
Libby Coleman Girls 10:29 0:49 31:22 0:32 20:31 1:03:43 23
Relay

Weightlifting[edit]

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