France at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

France at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	http://www.franceolympique.com/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	99 in 25 sports
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 5 Silver 15 Bronze 7 Total 27
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

France 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
Kyla Touraine-Helias	Girls' Individual	644	12	Giannasio (ARG) W 7–3	Chang (TPE) L 2–6	did not advance			9

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
Kyla Touraine-Helias (FRA)  José Manuel Solera (ESP)	Mixed team	1301	11	Rong-jia (TPE)  Lee (CAN) W 6–0	Sliachticas Caetano (BRA)  Ross (BEL) W 6–2	Kharitonova (RUS)  Rezowan (BAN) W 5–1	Reddig (NAM)  Cowles (USA) W 5–3	Giannasio (ARG)  Soithong (THA) W 5–1

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

France qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.^[2][3]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Arnaud Merklé	Boys' Singles	Barth (NOR) W 2–0	Resch (GER) W 2–1	Yang (CAN) W 2–1	1Q	Vitidsarn (THA) W 2–0	Li (CHN) L 0–2	Naraoka (JPN) L 1–2	4
Léonice Huet	Girls' Singles	Mizui (JPN) L 0–2	Wang (CHN) L 0–2	Bouksani (ALG) W 2–0	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 Delta  Arnaud Merklé (FRA)  Mateo Delmastro (ARG)  Dmitriy Panarin (KAZ)  Balázs Pápai (HUN)  Elena Andreu (ESP)  Pattarasuda Chaiwan (THA)  Madouc Linders (NED)  Petra Polanc (SLO)	Mixed Teams	Zeta (MIX) W (110–95)	Alpha (MIX) W (110–99)	Epsilon (MIX) L (108–110)	1Q	Theta (MIX) L (93–110)	did not advance		5
Team Omega  Léonice Huet (FRA)  Markus Barth (NOR)  Oscar Guo (NZL)  Chang Ho Kim (FIJ)  Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA)  Huang Yin-hsuan (TPE)  Anastasiya Prozorova (UKR)  Vũ Thị Anh Thư (VIE)		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

France qualified a girls' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.^[4]

• Girls' 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
Girls' tournament	Indonesia W 22–12	Argentina L 13–18	Mexico W 15–8	Andorra W 21–7	2	Hungary W 13–12	Australia W 20–19	United States L 4–18

Shoot-out contest

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	Rank
Mathilde Peyregne	Shoot-out contest	6	3	1	2	2	4	9
Olivia Yale		3	23	did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Tallya Brillaux	-75 kg	Selaj (ALB) W 5–0	Chaib (ALG) W 5–0	Shamonova (RUS) L 2–3

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tom Bouchardon at victory ceremony

Doriane Delassus at victory ceremony

France qualified three boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.^[5]

• Boys' K1 – 1 boat
• Girls' C1 – 1 boat
• Girls' K1 – 1 boat

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Last 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Tom Bouchardon	Boys' K1 sprint	1:50.83	10	1:50.46	6	—	did not advance
	Boys' K1 slalom	1:14.57	4	Bye		—	Pilarz (POL) W 1:13.62	Tominc (SLO) L 1:15.70	Snook (NZL) W 1:11.09
Doriane Delassus	Girls' C1 sprint	4:08.59	17	4:05.79	7	Marusava (BLR) L 4:00.38	did not advance
	Girls' C1 slalom	1:30.16	4	Bye		Otero (ESP) W 1:28.49	Bello (NGR) W 1:27.25	Asadbeki (IRI) W 1:27.54	Lewandowski (GER) W 1:26.08
	Girls' K1 sprint	2:13.68	17	2:11.30	7	Zironi (ITA) L 2:11.30	did not advance
	Girls' K1 slalom	1:21.44	2	Bye		Charayron (FRA) W 1:21.03	Phuangmaiming (THA) W 1:20.29	Lewandowski (GER) W 1:19.90	Luknárová (SVK) L 1:20.00
Romane Charayron	Girls' K1 sprint	1:56.42	6	Bye		Valenzuela (CHI) W 1:58.25	Rendessy (HUN) L 1:56.86	did not advance
	Girls' K1 slalom	1:24.46	9	1:26.03	2	Delassus (FRA) L 1:25.00	did not advance

Dancesport

Main article: Dancesport at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

France qualified two dancers based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.^[6][7]

• B-Boys – Martin
• B-Girls – Senorita Carlota

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jules Bouyer	Boys' 3 m springboard	483.40	10	487.80	11

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

France qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.^[8]

• Boys' Foil – Armand Spichiger
• Boys' Sabre – Samuel Jarry

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
Mathilde Claisse	Girls' Individual	78 (+8)	18	78 (+8)	156	23	75 (+5)	231	16	231	+21	20
Thomas Boulanger	Boys' Individual	74 (+4)	16	77 (+7)	151	23	73 (+3)	224	12	224	+14	18

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
Mathilde Claisse Thomas Boulanger	Mixed team	66 (−4)	16	79 (+9)	25	80	78	158 (+18)	29	303	+23	29

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic

France qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship.^[9]

• Boys' artistic individual all-around – 1 quota
• Girls' artistic individual all-around – 1 quota

Rhythmic

France qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on its performance at the European qualification event.^[10]

• 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
Romain Valadier-Picard	Boys' 55 kg	Adrián Medero (PUR) W 10-00	Artsiom Kolasau (BLR) L 00-10	did not advance	Bye	Euclides Lopes (GBS) W 10-00s1	Aleddine Ben Chalbi (TUN) W 01s2-00s2	Oleh Veredyba (UKR) L 00s3-10	4

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

Athlete	Event	Elimination round				Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Oukhattou	Girls' 59 kg	Charlotte Hope (GBR) W 4–0	Anna Chernysheva (RUS) L 0–8	Heydariozomcheloei (IRI) L 0–1	3	did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

France qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Youth A World Championship.^[11]

• Boys' Individual – Hugo Fleurot
• Girls' Individual – Emma Riff

Roller speed skating

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

France qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship.^[12]

• Boys' combined speed event – Ewen Foussadier
• Girls' combined speed event – Honorine Barrault

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

France qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships.^[13]

• Girls' single sculls – Lucine AHYI

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys' tournament

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

Roster

• Dorian Bellot
• Erwan Dridi
• Martin Dulon
• Baptiste Germain
• Sasha Gue
• Théo Louvet
• Yoram Moefana
• Yann Peysson
• Calum Randle
• Cheikh Tiberghien
• Joachim Trouabal
• Tani Vili

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Argentina	5	5	0	0	180	38	+142	15
2	France	5	4	0	1	111	65	+46	13
3	Japan	5	2	1	2	74	103	−29	10
4	South Africa	5	2	0	3	79	84	−5	9
5	United States	5	0	2	3	67	120	−53	7
6	Samoa	5	0	1	4	48	149	−101	6

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

13 October 2018 13:40

United States	0–38	France
	Report	Try: Vili 1'm Trouabal 3'c Germain 5'c Louvet (2) 6'c, 8'c Dridi 12'm Con: Germain (3/4) 4', 5', 7' Bellot (1/2) 8'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

13 October 2018 16:20

South Africa	12–17	France
Try: Manyike 6'c Zwelendaba 11'm Con: Manyike (1/1) 6' Rose (0/1)	Report	Try: Trouabal (2) 1'm, 7'c Dridi 3'm Con: Germain (1/3) 7'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

14 October 2018 9:40

Argentina	29–12	France
Try: Vanni 0'c Moneta (2) 4'm, 13'm Costa 5'c Mendy 14'm Con: Roger (2/3) 1', 6' Elicagaray (0/2)	Report	Try: Randle 7'c Trouabal 10'm Con: Germain (1/1) 7' Tiberghein (0/1)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

14 October 2018 13:10

France	15–10	Samoa
Try: Peysson 1'm Trouabal 8'm Dulon 14'm Con: Germain (0/1) Tiberghien (0/1) Bellot (0/1)	Report	Try: Tuitama 2'm Fuiono 7'm Con: Sepulona (0/2)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

15 October 2018 11:55

France	29–14	Japan
Try: Dridi 1'c Dulon 4'm Randle 6'c Trouabal 11'm Tani 13'm Con: Bellot (1/2) 2' Tiberghien (1/2) 7' Germain (0/1)	Report	Try: Konishi 3'c Fujii 9'c Con: Konishi (1/1) 4' Yamada (1/1) 9'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

Gold Medal Match

15 October 2018 16:00

Argentina	24–14	France
Try: Mendy 0'm Cinti Luna 2'c Roger 4'c Costa 12'm Con: Roger (2/4) 2', 5'	Report	Try: Trouabal (2) 9'c, 10'c Con: Germain (1/1) 9', 10'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

Girls' tournament

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

Roster

• Axelle Berthoumieu
• Alycia Christiaens
• Mélanie Daumalle
• Charlotte Escudero
• Lucy Hapulat
• Salomé Maran
• Alice Muller
• Lou Noel
• Aurélie Plantefeve
• Méline Puech
• Celia Roue
• Chloé Sanz

Group Stage

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 12:25

France	47–0	Colombia
Try: Noel 1'm Christiaens (2) 5'c, 10'c Daumalle (2) 7'c, 8'c Hapulat 11'c Roue 14'c Con: Maran (4/5) 6', 10', 12', 14' Christiaens (2/2) 7', 8'	Report

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

13 October 2018 15:30

France	45–0	Kazakhstan
Try: Christiaens (3) 3'c, 4'm, 10'c Sanz 6'c Daumalle 7'c Hapulat 12'm Muller 14'c Con: Plantefeve (2/3) 3', 7' Christiaens (1/1) 6' Maran (2/3) 11', 14'	Report

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)

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 15:30

France	41–0	Tunisia
Try: Noel (3) 2'm, 5'c, 13'm Muller 7'c Plantefeve 10'm Hapulat (2) 12'm, 14'c Con: Maran (3/7) 5', 7', 14'	Report

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Lauren Jenner (New Zealand)

15 October 2018 10:15

France	33–19	Canada
Try: Escudero 3'c Hapulat (3) 7'm, 9'c, 13'c Christiaens 11'c Con: Christiaens (3/4) 3', 9', 11' Maran (1/1) 14'	Report	Try: Aikens (2) 0'm, 7'c Con: Black (1/2) 7'

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

Gold Medal Match

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

France qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Techno 293+ Championships.^[14][15] France later qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2018 IKA Twin Tip Racing Youth World Championship.^[16] A Nacra 15 boat was qualified based on their performance at the 2018 Nacra 15 World Championships.^[17][18]

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

France qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 European Championships.^[19]

• Girls' 10m Air Pistol – 1 quota

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kateline Nicolas	Girls' 10 metre air pistol	557-11	12	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kateline Nicolas (FRA)  James Andrew John Miller (GBR)	Mixed 10 metre air pistol	739-12	14	Seeger (GER)  Kirov (BUL) L 5–10	did not advance

Sport climbing

Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

France qualified two sport climbers based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships.^[20]

• Boys' combined – 2 quotas (Sam Avezou, Nathan Martin)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

France qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the European Continental Qualifier.^[21] France later qualified a male player based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Europe) series.^[22]

• Boys' singles – Bastien Rembert
• Girls' singles – Lucie Gauthier

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
Hugo Gaston	Boys' singles	Hardt (DOM) W (6-2, 6-1)	Tajima (JPN) W (6-3, 6-2)	Michalski (POL) W (6-4, 6-1)	Soares Klier Júnior (BRA) W (6-4, 6-1)	Díaz Acosta (ARG) W (6-4, 7-5)
Clément Tabur		Svrčina (CZE) W (7-5, 3-6, 6–2)	Jianu (ROU) L (7-65, 4–6, 63-7)	did not advance			9
Clara Burel	Girls' singles	Curmi (MLT) W (7-5, 6-4)	Nahimana (BDI) W (6-4, 6-2)	Świątek (POL) W (6-4, 6-2)	Osorio (COL) W (6-4, 7-5)	Juvan (SLO) L (5-7, 4-6)
Diane Parry		Noel (USA) W (77-64, 6-3)	Selekhmeteva (RUS) L (4-6, 2-6)	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
Hugo Gaston Clément Tabur	Boys' doubles	—	Bovy (BEL) /  Miladinović (SRB) W (6-0, 6-4)	Hardt (DOM) /  Sydow (ARU) W (6-2, 6-2)	Andreev (BUL) /  Hijikata (AUS) L (1-6, 4-6)	Štyler (CZE) /  Svrčina (CZE) W (64-7, 7-5, [10-8])
Clara Burel Diane Parry	Girls' doubles	—	Curmi (MLT) /  Molinaro (LUX) W (6-4, 3-6, [10-5])	Juvan (SLO) /  Świątek (POL) L (0-6, 4-6)	did not advance		5
Clara Burel Hugo Gaston	Mixed doubles	Rakhimova (RUS) /  Štyler (CZE) W (4-6, 6-4, [10-8])	Carlé (ARG) /  Báez (ARG) W (7-5, 4-6, [10-8])	Juvan (SLO) /  Miladinović (SRB) W (6-2, 5-7, [11-9])	Naito (JPN) /  Tajima (JPN) L (1-6, 5-7)	Sun (SUI) /  Wenger (SUI) W (6-4, 5-7, [10-4])
Diane Parry Clément Tabur		Wang Xiyu (CHN) /  Tashbulatov (KAZ) L (5-7, 2-6)	did not advance				17

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

France qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[23]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Baptiste Passemard	Boys	9:40	0:27	27:32	0:26	16:21	54:26	5
Emilie Noyer	Girls	10:52	0:44	31:04	0:32	17:25	1:00:37	7

Relay

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Europe 2  Eva Daniels (LUX)  Andreas Carlsson (SWE)  Barbara de Koning (NED)  Baptiste Passemard (FRA)	Mixed Relay	22:24 (4) - - -	DNF
Europe 3  Marie Horn (GER)  Henry Graf (GER)  Emilie Noyer (FRA)  Igor Bellido Mikhailova (ESP)		23:39 (12) 20:42 (2) 23:13 (3) 21:25 (3)	1:28:59

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Key:

• VFA – Victory by Fall
• VPO – Without any points scored by the opponent

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Justine Vigouroux	Girls' freestyle −43kg	Shilson (USA) L 0 – 5 VPO	Ogunsanya (NGR) W 1 – 0 VPO	Martinez (BRA) W 11 – 2 VFA	Nazarova (AZE) L 0 – 1 VPO	3 Q	Leorda (MDA) W 4 – 0 VPO	5