Puerto Rico at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Puerto Rico at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codePUR
NOCPuerto Rico Olympic Committee
Websitehttp://www.copur.pr/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors22 in 10 sports
Flag bearerAdriana Díaz
Medals
Ranked 71st
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Medalists
Further information: 2018 Summer Youth Olympics medal table

Athletics (track and field)
Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Result Rank Result Rank Total Rank
Carlos Vilches Boys' 1500 metres 4:05.93 16 12:32 9 25 13
Jan Moreu Boys' 5000 metre walk 21:05.25 7 20:54.04 3 41:59.29
Jorge Contreras Boys' discus throw 55.99 3 59.07 4 115.06

Beach volleyball
Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Puerto Rico qualified a boys' and girls' team based on their performance at the 2018 Central Zone U19 Championship.[1][2]

  • Boys' tournament – Randall Santiago and William Rivera
  • Girls' tournament – Allanis Navas and María González
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
Navas–Gonzalez Girls' tournament  Ravo–Tebeim (VAN)
W 2-0
 Giuli–Romi (PAR)
W 2-0
 Scampoli–Bertozzi (ITA)
L 0-2		 2  Sinaportar–Mucheza (MOZ)
W 2-0		  Nicole–Canedo (BOL)
W 2-0		  Voronina–Bocharova (RUS)
L 0-2		 Did not advance
Santiago–Rivera Boys' tournament  Guvu–Monjane (MOZ)
L 1–2
 Leon–Jurado (ECU)
L 1–2
 Esther–Namah (MRI)
W 2–0		 3  Ayon–Alayo (CUB)
L 1–2		 Did not advance

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Boys
Athlete Event Preliminary R1 Preliminary R2 Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Jancarmelo Morales -81 kg  Itauma (GBR)
L 0–5		  Ali Karar (EGY)
L 0–5		 Did not advance  Mousavipaeindezaei (IRI)
W WO		 5
Alvin Canales -91 kg  Salgado (CHI)
W 5–0		 N/A  Oralbay (KAZ)
L 0-5		  Mikušťák (CZE)
W 5-0

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Puerto Rico qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.[3]

  • Boys' Sabre - Hudson Santana

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Acrobatic

Puerto Rico qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship.[4]

  • Mixed pair – Adriel Gónzalez and Daniela González

Artistic

Puerto Rico qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.[4]

  • Boys' artistic individual all-around – Michael Torres
  • Girls' artistic individual all-around – Kryxia Alicea

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Individual
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Quarterfinals Semifinals
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Adrián Medero Boys' 55 kg  Romain Valadier-Picard (FRA)
L 00-10		 Did not advance  Aleddine Ben Chalbi (TUN)
L 00-11s1		 Did not advance 6
Sairy Colon Girls' 52 kg  Augusta Ambourouet (GAB)
W 11-00		  Veronica Toniolo (ITA)
L 00s1-10s1		 Did not advance  Fatime Barka (CHA)
W 10-00		  Noemí Huayhuameza (PER)
W 11-00		  Nilufar Ermaganbetova (UZB)
L 00-10		 4
Team
Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Team Atlanta
 Tiguidanke Camara (GUI)
 Aleksa Georgieva (BUL)
 Vusala Karimova (AZE)
 Adrián Medero (PUR)
 Rok Pogorevc (SLO)
 Fatine Rzal (MAR)
 Adrian Sulca (ROU)
 Antonio Tornal (DOM)		 Mixed team  Team Barcelona (MIX)
W 4–3		  Team Barcelona (MIX)
L 3–4		 Did not advance
Seoul
 Mohammed Al-Mishri (LBA)
 Alex Barto (SVK)
 Sairy Colon (PUR)
 María Giménez (VEN)
 Yuri Israelyan (ARM)
 Kim Ju-hee (KOR)
 Omaria Ramírez (DOM)
 Wu Xiao-zhang (TPE)		 Mixed Team Los Angeles
L 3–5		 Did not advance 9

Karate
Main article: Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Puerto Rico qualified one athlete based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.[5]

  • Girls' +59kg – Janessa Fonseca
Athlete Event Elimination round Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Janessa Fonseca Girls' +59 kg  Sawashima (JPN)
L 0–3		  Lyck (DEN)
W 2–0		  Altooni (IRI)
D 0–0		 3 Did not advance 6

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Puerto Rico qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the Latin American Continental Qualifier.[6]

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Boy
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Delvin Rocco Baez Moyeno +85 kg 110 7 135 7 245 7
Girl
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Adamaris Santiago −44 kg 55 4 73 4 128 4

References
  1. "Cuba and Puerto Rico claim Olympic beach berths". NORCECA. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  2. "Girls from Puerto Rico and USA to Olympic Youth Games". NORCECA. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 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. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  5. "Youth Olympic qualifier concludes in Umag with new karatekas making it to Buenos Aires 2018". World Karate Federation. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  6. "Brazil responds, Youth Olympic Games places booked". ITTF. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
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