Slovenia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Slovenia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	SLO
NOC	Slovenian Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.olympic.si/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	26 in 15 sports
Medals Ranked 32nd	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 5 Total 9
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Medalists

Further information: 2018 Summer Youth Olympics medal table

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Lan Tominc Canoeing K1 slalom 16 October  Gold Kaja Juvan Tennis Girls' singles 14 October  Gold Kaja Juvan Tennis Girls' doubles 13 October  Silver Toni Vodišek Sailing IKA Twin Tip Racing 13 October  Silver Vita Lukan Sport climbing Girls' combined 15 October  Bronze Jan Razdevšek Dan Osrečki Erik Groznik Adrian Hirschmann Basketball Boys' tournament 17 October  Bronze Metka Lobnik Judo Girls' 78 kg 9 October  Bronze Metka Lobnik Judo Mixed team 10 October  Bronze Neža Klančar Swimming 50 m freestyle 12 October  Bronze Neža Klančar Swimming 100 m freestyle 9 October  Bronze Tina Čelik Swimming 50 metre breaststroke 8 October

Medals by sport Sport Total Basketball 0 0 1 1 Canoeing 1 0 0 1 Judo 0 0 1 1 Sailing 0 1 0 1 Sport Climbing 0 1 0 1 Swimming 0 0 3 3 Tennis 1 0 0 1 Total 2 2 5 9

Competitors

Sport	Boys	Girls	Total
Athletics	1	2	3
Badminton	0	1	1
Basketball	4	0	4
Canoeing	1	0	1
Cycling	2	0	2
Judo	1	1	2
Rowing	0	1	1
Sailing	1	0	1
Shooting	0	1	1
Sport climbing	0	2	2
Swimming	2	2	4
Table tennis	0	1	1
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Tennis	0	1	1
Triathlon	1	0	1
Total	14	12	26

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Mitja Kordež	Boys' 200 metres	22.00	17	21.68	17	43.68	18

Girls

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Leja Glojnarič	Girls' high jump	1.65	14	1.72	12	3.37	15
Tjaša Zajc	Girls' shot put	12.77	15	13.35	13	26.12	14

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.^[1]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Petra Polanc	Girls' Singles	Gynga (MDA) L 1–2	Sándorházi (HUN) 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 Delta  Petra Polanc (SLO)  Mateo Delmastro (ARG)  Arnaud Merklé (FRA)  Dmitriy Panarin (KAZ)  Balázs Pápai (HUN)  Elena Andreu (ESP)  Pattarasuda Chaiwan (THA)  Madouc Linders (NED)	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

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified a boys' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.^[2]

• Boys' tournament - 1 team of 4 athletes

Boys' tournament

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	Georgia W W/O	China W 21-18	Turkmenistan W 20-6	Jordan W 22-4	2	Russia W 15-14	Belgium L 12-14	Ukraine W 21-13

Dunk contest

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Semifinal				Final
		Round 1	Round 2	Total	Rank	Round 1	Round 2	Total	Rank	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	Rank
Dan Osrečki	Dunk contest	21	21	42	7	did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.^[3]

Lan Tominc at the K1 slalom Victory ceremony

• Boys' K1 - 1 boat

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lan Tominc	K1 sprint	1:55.95	12 R	1:58.29	7	did not advance
	K1 slalom	1:10.69	2 Q	—		Rossi (ARG) W 1:10.96	Bouchardon (FRA) W 1:09.34	Changheng (CHN) W 1:08.95

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified a boys' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings.^[4]

• Boys' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes

Athlete	Event	Team time trial			Road race			XC eliminator		XC short circuit			Criterium				Total
		Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Laps	Sprint pts	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Anže Skok	Boys' combined team	8:54.63	8	20	1:31:03	9	15	20	0	17:29	13	0	16	0	31	0	60	13
Aljaz Omrzel					1:31:03	25	0	38	0	18:21	16	0	16	3	7	25

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
Rok Pogorevc	Boys' 100 kg	Ilia Sulamanidze (GEO) L 00s1-10	did not advance		Bye	Wu Xiao-zhang (TPE) W 10s1-000	Joaquín Burgos (ARG) W 10-00s1	Zsombor Vég (HUN) L 00-10	4
Metka Lobnik	Girls' 78 kg	Alaa Mousaad Mohamed (EGY) W 10s2-002	Raffaela Igl (GER) L 00s1-10	did not advance	Bye	Maral Mardani (IRI) W 10-00	Alaa Mousaad Mohamed (EGY) W 10-00s2	Ester Svobodová (CZE) W 10-00s1

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Rio de Janeiro  Milana Charygulyyeva (TKM)  Yassamine Djellab (ALG)  Metka Lobnik (SLO)  Erza Muminoviq (KOS)  Abrek Naguchev (RUS)  Fleury Nihozeko (BUR)  Jamshed Sulaimoni (TJK)  Sultan Zhenishbekov (KGZ)	Mixed team	Team Sydney (MIX) W 4–3	Team Atlanta (MIX) W 5–4	Team Athens (MIX) L 3–5	did not advance
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)		Team Barcelona (MIX) W 4–3	Team Barcelona (MIX) L 3–4	did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 European Rowing Junior Championships.^[5]

• Girls' single sculls - 1 boat

Athlete	Event	Time trial		Heats						Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
				Round 1		Round 2		Points	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ilaria Macchi	Girls' single sculls	3:59.80	6	1:57.68	1	1:54.41	2	10	7	1:50.82	4 F3	did not advance		1:49.85	3

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified one boat based on its performance at the African and European IKA Twin Tip Racing Qualifiers.^[6][7]

• Boys' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat

Boys

Athlete	Event	Race												Total Points	Net Points	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Toni Vodišek	IKA Twin Tip Racing	3	(11)	(10)	4	1	2	CAN						31	10

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anja Prezelj	Girls' 10m air pistol	560-8	8 Q	173.5	5

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anja Prezelj (SLO)  Alp Eren Erdur (TUR)	Mixed 10m air pistol	733-9	18	did not advance

Sport climbing

Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified two sport climbers based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships.^[8]

• Girls' combined - 2 quotas (Lučka Rakovec, Vita Lukan)

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Speed	Bouldering	Lead	Total	Rank	Speed	Bouldering	Lead	Total	Rank
Lučka Rakovec	Girls' combined	12	13	5	780	13	did not advance
Vita Lukan		17	3	2	102	2	6	1	3	18

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matija Može	100 m breaststroke	1:04.96	26	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:16.28	7	—		2:16.58	6
Gal Kordež	50 metre butterfly	24.99	22	did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	55.32	26	did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	2:05.62	25	did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Neža Klančar	50 m freestyle	25.65	2	25.47	4	25.47
	100 m freestyle	55.59	3	55.10	3	54.55
	200 m individual medley	2:15.94	5	—		2:15.12	5
Tina Čelik	50 metre breaststroke	32.44	13	31.89	5	31.75
	100 metre breaststroke	1:10.91	12	1:10.77	14	did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:34.54	20	did not advance

Table Tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Group stage		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Aleksandra Vovk	Girls' singles	Marwa Alhodaby (EGY) W 4-2  Goi Rui Xuan (SGP) L 0-4  Archana Girish Kamath (IND) L 1-4	3	did not advance
Europe–5  Aleksandra Vovk (SLO)  Vladislav Ursu (MDA)	Mixed team	Youssef Abdel-Aziz (EGY) /  Marwa Alhodaby (EGY) W 3–2  Javen Choong (MAS) /  Alice Li Sian Chang (MAS) W 3–0  Guilherme Teodoro (BRA) /  Bruna Takahashi (BRA) W 3–1	1	Truls Möregårdh (SWE) /  Sabina Šurjan (SRB) L 1–3	did not advance			5

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nik Auguštin	Boys' +73 kg	Mohammadali Khosravi (IRI) L 11-16	did not advance

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
Kaja Juvan	Girls' singles	SȘ Cadar (ROU) W (6-2, 7–5)	V Dema (UKR) W (6-0, 6–0)	O Selekhmeteva (RUS) W (1-6, 7–5, 6–3)	Xin Wang (CHN) W (6-0, 7–5)	Clara Burel (FRA) W (7-5, 6–4)

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
K Juvan (SLO)  I Świątek (POL)	Girls' doubles	—	E Cocciaretto (ITA)  S Zünd (LIE) W (6-0, 6–2)	C Burel (FRA)  D Parry (FRA) W (6-0, 6–4)	ML Carlé (ARG)  Osorio (COL) W (6-2, 6–2)	Y Naito (JPN)  N Sato (JPN) W (6-7, 7–5, 10–4)
Marko Miladinović (SRB)  Kaja Juvan (SLO)	Mixed Doubles	Viktoryia Kanapatskaya (BLR)  Arnaud Bovy (BEL) W 2–0 6–4, 6–4	Sada Nahimana (BDI)  Philip Henning (RSA) W 2–1 6–2, 4–6, [10]–[8]	Clara Burel (FRA)  Hugo Gaston (FRA) L 1–2 2–6, 7–5, [9]–[11]	did not advance		5

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[9]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Jan Škrjanc	Boys	9:47	0:29	28:33	0:26	18:04	57:19	19

Relay

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Europe 6  Ines Rico (POR)  Jan Škrjanc (SLO)  Libby Coleman (GBR)  Rik Malcorps (BEL)	Mixed Relay	23:01 (10) 21:27 (7) 23:14 (4) 21:53 (6)	1:29:21	5

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