New Zealand at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

New Zealand participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.^[2]

New Zealand at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.olympic.org.nz/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	61 in 22 sports
Flag bearer	Kanah Andrews-Nahu^[1]
Medals Ranked 25th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 5
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

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	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Rebecca Jones	Girls' Individual	587	31	Uehara (JPN) W 6–5	Reddig (NAM) W 7–3	Vázquez Cadena (MEX) L 0–6	did not advance		7

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
Rebecca Jones (NZL)   Tang Chih-chun (TPE)	Mixed team	1276	28	Reisenweber (GER)   Fabrizzi (ITA) W 6–2	Hnin (MYA)   Ak (TUR) W 5–1	Tagle (PHI)   Õun (EST) W 5–1	Giannasio (ARG)   Soithong (THA) L 0–6	Reddig (NAM)   Cowles (USA) L 3–5	4

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.^[3]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Oscar Guo	Boys' Singles	Grimley (GBR) L 0–2	Papai (HUN) W 2–0	Chen (TPE) L 0–2	3	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 Omega   Oscar Guo (NZL)   Markus Barth (NOR)   Chang Ho Kim (FIJ)   Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA)   Huang Yin-hsuan (TPE)   Léonice Huet (FRA)   Anastasiya Prozorova (UKR)   Vũ Thị Anh Thư (VIE)	Mixed Teams	Gamma (MIX) W (110–99)	Theta (MIX) W (110–100)	Sigma (MIX) W (110–98)	1Q	Epsilon (MIX) W (110–102)	Zeta (MIX) W (110–109)	Alpha (MIX) L (106–110)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified a boys' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.^[4]

• Boys' tournament - 1 team of 4 athletes

Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Boys' tournament	Andorra W 11–16	Ukraine L 13–21	Venezuela W 21–16	Brazil L 17–20	3	did not advance

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified a boys' and girls' team based on their performance at the 2018 Oceania U19 Championship.^[5]

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

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round		Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
David Jeffrey–Keegan Joe	Boys'	Veretiuk–Shekunov (RUS) L0-2   Poznański–Miszczuk (POL) L0-2   Lammel–Droguett (CHI) L0-2	4	did not advance
Maya Dickson–Tamara Otene	Girls'	Nicole–Canedo (BOL) L 1-2   van Driel–Schoon (NED) L 1-2   Dorcas–Kutekenenyi (COD) W 2-0	3	Thatsarida–Pawarun (THA) L 0-2	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
Kasib Hunter Murdoch-McKeich	-60 kg	Bondarchuk (UKR) L 0–5	Mamdouh (EGY) L 0–5	Did not advance	Wilcox (CAN) L 0-5	6

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Te Mania Rzeka Tai Shelford-Edmonds	-57 kg	Bye	Carrillo Carrillo (MEX) L RSC R2 0:48	Rooney (IRL) L 0-5	4

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

 

George Snook at Boys' K1 slalom Bronze Medal Race

New Zealand qualified three boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.^[6]

• Boys' C1 - Finn Anderson
• Boys' K1 - George Snook
• Girls' C1 - Kahlia Cullwick

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Finn Anderson	Boys' C1 sprint	2:34.80	16	2:30.15	12	—	did not advance
	Boys' C1 slalom	1:20.26	2	Bye			Bechtold (GER) W 1:24.44	Kuzyk (UKR) W 1:20.57	Saramandif (MRI) L 1:23.26
George Snook	Boys' K1 sprint	1:59.00	13	2:00.50	8		did not advance
	Boys' K1 slalom	1:14.33	3	Bye			Kiss (HUN) W 1:13.35	Changheng (CHN) L 1:16.27	Bouchardon (FRA) L 1:16.81	4
Kahlia Cullwick	Girls' C1 sprint	2:56.39	14	3:37.85	5	Nurlanova (KAZ) L 3:10.30	did not advance
	Girls' C1 slalom	1:34.17	7	Bye		Rodríguez (MEX) W 1:39.06	Asadbeki (IRI) L 1:37.84	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified a boys' and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings. The also qualified a mixed BMX racing team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games BMX Junior Nation Rankings.^[7][8][9]

• Boys' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes
• Girls' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes
• Mixed BMX racing team - 1 team of 2 athletes

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified a rider based on its ranking in the FEI World Jumping Challenge Rankings.^[10]

• Individual Jumping - Briar Burnett-Grant

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
Briar Burnett-Grant	Milagro Maximo	Individual	—					0	=1 Q	4	4	6	4	6
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

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
Juliana Hung	Girls' Individual	77 (+7)	15	77 (+7)	154	19	77 (+7)	231	24	231	+21	20
Jimmy Zheng	Boys' Individual	73 (+3)	12	75 (+5)	148	17	81 (+11)	229	26	229	+19	24

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
Juliana Hung Jimmy Zheng	Mixed team	69 (-1)	27	79 (+9)	25	77	73	150 (+10)	22	298	+18	26

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic

New Zealand qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Junior Championship.^[11]

• Boys' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota

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
Rihari Iki	Boys' −81 kg	Adrian Sulca (ROU) L 00-10	did not advance		Alexis Harrison (PAN) W 10-00	Mark van Dijk (NED) L 00-10	did not advance	5

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Team Nanjing   Hasret Bozkurt (TUR)   Joaquín Burgos (ARG)   Nilufar Ermaganbetova (UZB)   Rihari Iki (NZL)   Alaa Mousaad Mohamed (EGY)   Eva Perez Soler (ESP)   Vugar Talibov (AZE)   Romain Valadier-Picard (FRA)	Mixed Team	—	Team Beijing (MIX) L 3–4	did not advance

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

• Boys' +68 kg - Raukawa Jefferies

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Raukawa Jefferies	Boys' +68 kg	Robert Avakimov (RUS) L (1-4)	Enes Bulut (TUR) L (0-1)	Nabil Ech-Chaabi (MAR) D (0-0)	4	did not advance

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified a girls' team based on its performance at the Oceania Rugby U18s Sevens Championship.^[12][13]

Girls' tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament

Roster

• Tiana Davison
• Dhys Faleafaga
• Tynealle Fitzgerald
• Iritana Hohaia
• Jazmin Hotham
• Ricshay Lemanu
• Azalleyah Maaka
• Risaleaana Pouri-Lane
• Montessa Tairakena
• Kalyn Takitimu-Cook
• Arorangi Tauranga
• Hinemoa Watene

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	New Zealand	5	5	0	0	169	27	+142	15
2	France	5	4	0	1	178	45	+133	13
3	Canada	5	3	0	2	125	85	+40	11
4	Colombia	5	2	0	3	66	119	−53	9
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	4	44	142	−98	7
6	Tunisia	5	0	0	5	19	183	−164	5

Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

13 October 2018 12:00

New Zealand	53–0	Tunisia
Try: Davison 0'c Pouri-Lane 3'm Maaka 5'm Tairakena 7'm Hohaia (2) 7'c, 10'c Paul 9'm Takitimu-Cook 12'c Tauranga 13'm Con: Pouri-Lane (2/6) 1', 8' Takitimu-Cook (2/4) 11', 12'	Report

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Maddy Putz (Australia)

13 October 2018 15:05

New Zealand	38–5	Colombia
Try: Hohaia 0'c Dallinger 2'c Pouri-Lane 5'c Takitimu-Cook 8'c Tairakena 10'm Fitzgerald 14'm Con: Pouri-Lane (4/5) 1', 3', 6', 9' Dallinger (0/1)	Report	Try: Mejia 12'm Con: Ibarra (0/1)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Katherine Ritchie (Great Britain)

14 October 2018 12:00

New Zealand	26–12	France
Try: Watene 4'c Tairakena (2) 6'm, 8'c Pouri-Lane 11'c Con: Pouri-Lane (3/4) 4', 9', 11'	Report	Try: Berthoumieu 2'm Muller 13'c Con: Christiaens (1/1) 13' Maran (0/1)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)

14 October 2018 15:05

New Zealand	20–5	Canada
Try: Maaka 7'm Tairakena (2) 10'm, 12'm Risaleaana Pouri-Lane 13'm Con: Risaleaana Pouri-Lane (0/4)	Report	Try: Wardley 4'm Con: Black (0/1)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Katherine Ritchie (Great Britain)

15 October 2018 9:50

New Zealand	32–5	Kazakhstan
Try: Takitimu-Cook 6'm Tairakena 8'm Watene 10'c Dallinger 11'm Tahere (2) 12'm, 14'm Con: Pouri-Lane (1/6) 10'	Report	Try: Odnoletok 0'm Con: Mikhailenko (0/1)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Katherine Ritchie (Great Britain)

Gold Medal Game

15 October 2018 15:35

New Zealand	15–12	France
Try: Tairakena 0'm Hohaia 4'm Mahina 11'm Con: Pouri-Lane (0/3)	Report	Try: Christiaens 6'c Hapulat 9'm Con: Christiaens (1/2) 7'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified two boats based on its performance at the Oceania Techno 293+ Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[14] They also qualified one boat based on its performance at the Asian and Oceania IKA Twin Tip Racing Qualifiers.^[15][16]

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

Sport climbing

Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 Oceania Youth Sport Climbing Championships.^[17]

• Girls' combined - 1 quota (Sarah Tetzlaff)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the Oceania Continental Qualifier.^[18]

• Boys' singles - Nathan Xu
• Girls' singles – Hui Ling Vong

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Valentina Ivanov	Girls' Singles	G Drummy (IRL) L (0-6, 7–5, 3-6)	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Thasaporn Naklo (THA)   Valentina Ivanov (NZL)	Girls' Doubles	Bilokin (UKR)   Dema (UKR) L (1–6, 3–6)	did not advance				9

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[19]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Dylan McCullough	Boys	9:29	0:28	26:52	0:28	16:10	53:27
Brea Roderick	Girls	10:12	0:39	30:10	0:28	19:26	1:00:55	9

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

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kanah Andrews-Nahu	Girls' +63 kg	95	2	116	4	211

• Supatchanin Khamhaeng from Thailand was disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance. She was stripped of her gold medal and Kanah Andrews-Nahu got the bronze medal.^[20]

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

New Zealand qualified four wrestlers based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Cadet Championship.^[21]

Key:

• VFA – Victory by Fall
• VSU – Without any points scored by the opponent
• VSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
• VPO – Without any points scored by the opponent
• VPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Arapo Kellner	Boys' Greco-Roman −60kg	Sadyrov (KGZ) L 0 – 9 ^VSU	Ugalde (MEX) L 0 – 8 ^VSU	—		3 Q	Merikhi (ALG) L 2 – 10 ^VSU1	6
Westerly Ainsley	Boys' freestyle −65kg	Ullah (PAK) L 2 – 13 ^VSU1	Bayramov (AZE) L 0 – 10 ^VSU	—		3 Q	Ismail (EGY) L 0 – 7 ^VPO	6
Ryan Marshall	Boys' freestyle −80kg	Tembotov (RUS) L 0 – 10 ^VSU	Rakhimov (UZB) L 0 – 10 ^VSU	—		3 Q	Yairegpie (FSM) W 4 – 0 ^VFA	5
Ella Derry	Girls' freestyle −43kg	Leorda (MDA) L WO	Simran (IND) L WO	Mahmoud (EGY) L WO	Batbaatar (MGL) L WO	5 Q	Ogunsanya (NGR) L WO	10

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