Nigeria at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Nigeria at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeNGR
NOCNigeria Olympic Committee
Websitehttp://www.nigerianoc.org/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors17 in 8 sports
Medals
Ranked 48th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
0
Total
4
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Athletics[edit]

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Boys
Track and road events
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Result Rank Result Rank Total Rank
Alaba Akintola 100 m 10.76 2 10.24 2 21.00 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Result Rank Result Rank Total Rank
Ineh Oritsemeyiwa Triple jump 16.34 2 15.51 6 31.85 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Girls
Track and road events
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Result Rank Result Rank Total Rank
Rosemary Chukuma 100 m 12.03 3 11.17 1 23.20 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Favour Ofili 400 m 57.51 13 55.51 5 1:53.02 10
Field events
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Result Rank Result Rank Total Rank
Victory George Long jump 5.58 11 5.71 11 11.29 11

Badminton[edit]

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee.[1]

  • Girls' singles – 1 quota
Singles
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Aminat Oluwafunke Ilori Girls' Singles  Chaiwan (THA)
L (1–21, 4–21) 		 Jiménez (DOM)
L (17–21, 9–21) 		 Ambalangodage (SRI)
L (8–21, 9–21) 		4 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 Epsilon
 Aminat Oluwafunke Ilori (NGR)
 Chen Shiau-cheng (TPE)
 Fabricio Farias (BRA)
 Nguyễn Hải Đăng (VIE)
 Tomas Toledano (ESP)
 Goh Jin Wei (MAS)
 Vlada Gînga (MDA)
 Nazlıcan İnci (TUR) 		Mixed Teams  Alpha (MIX)
L (98–110) 		 Zeta (MIX)
L (89–110) 		 Delta (MIX)
W (110–108) 		4Q  Omega (MIX)
L (102–110) 		did not advance 5

Boxing[edit]

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Girls
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Adijat Gbadamosi -51 kg Bye  Stoeva (BUL)
W 4–1 		 La Piana (ITA)
L 0–5 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Fatimo Aramokola -60 kg  Lawson (AUS)
L 0–5 		did not advance 5

Canoeing[edit]

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.[2]

  • Girls' C1 - 1 boat
  • Girls' K1 - 1 boat
Girls
Athlete Event Qualification Repechage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Blessing Toboh Amusar C1 sprint 2:28.59 9 2:34.37 3  Gonczol (HUN)
L 2:32.75 		did not advance
C1 slalom 2:01.24 10 DNF 8  Hein (USA)
L DSQ 		did not advance
K1 sprint 1:41.04 11 DSQ 11 did not advance
K1 slalom 1:23.53 7 Bye  Bello (NGR)
W 1:25.00 		 Lewandowski (GER)
L 1:24.21 		did not advance
Ayomide Emmanuel Bello C1 sprint 2:32.35 10 2:25.62 1  Fayzieva (UZB)
L 2:23.12 		did not advance
C1 slalom 1:31.18 5 Bye  Marusava (BLR)
W 1:35.15 		 Delassus (FRA)
L 1:34.03 		did not advance
K1 sprint 2:11.61 15 2:14.68 8  D'Estefano (ARG)
L DSQ 		did not advance
K1 slalom 1:25.73 11 1:29.99 6  Amusar (NGR)
L 1:29.12 		did not advance

Golf[edit]

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria received a quota of two athletes to compete by the tripartite committee.[3]

Individual
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
Score Rank Score Total Rank Score Total Rank Score Par Rank
Georgia Oboh Girls' Individual 81 (+11) 25 82 (+12) 163 29 71 (+1) 234 2 234 +24 22
Jordan Thompson Boys' Individual 101 (+31) 32 87 (+17) 188 32 89 (+19) 277 31 277 +67 31
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
Georgia Oboh
Jordan Thompson 		Mixed team 71 (+1) 30 79 (+9) 25 76 87 163 (+23) 31 313 +33 30

Table tennis[edit]

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the African Continental Qualifier.[4]

Weightlifting[edit]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Islamiyat Yusuf Girls' -58 kg 78 4 95 4 173 4

Wrestling[edit]

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships Nigeria has two female wrestlers in a qualifying position.[5][6]

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
Christianah Ogunsanya Girls' freestyle −43kg  Martinez (BRA)
L 9 – 6 VFA 		 Vigouroux (FRA)
L 0 – 1 VPO 		 Nazarova (AZE)
L 0 – 6 VFA 		 Shilson (USA)
L 0 – 2 VFA 		5 Q  Derry (NZL)
W WO 		9
Sunmisola Balogun Girls' freestyle −65kg  Nabaina (CMR)
W 10 – 0 VSU 		 Vesso (EST)
W 7 – 0 VPO 		 Chudyk (UKR)
L 1 – 2 VPO1 		 Sghaier (TUN)
W 9 – 0 VPO 		2 Q  Tamir (MGL)
L 4 – 15 VSU1 		4

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Youth Olympic Qualifiers updated 8 June WS" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Nine countries set to make YOG canoeing debut". International Canoe Federation (ICF). 21 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Qualification and Rankings". IGF. 30 May 2018. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Rising to the challenge, Esther Oribamise qualifies for 2018 Youth Olympic Games". ITTF. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. ^ "2018 African Championships". UWW. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Qualification System: Wrestling" (PDF). UWW. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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