Colombia at the Youth Olympics explained

Noc:COL
Nocname:Colombian Olympic Committee
Games:Youth Olympics
Website: 
Rank:28
Gold:7
Silver:7
Bronze:5

Colombia first participated at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural 2010 Games in Singapore. Colombia has sent a team to each Summer Youth Olympics[1] and participated for the first time at the Winter Youth Olympics in the 2016 edition in Lillehammer.[2] [3] The Colombian city of Medellín submitted a bid to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, but in a voting process in 2013, lost the games to the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.[4]

Medal tables

Competing at the Youth Olympic Games, Colombian athletes have won a total of 18 medals in 9 different sports. Weightlifter José Gavino Mena won the country's first medal at this competition at the inaugural edition held in Singapore in 2010. As in the senior Olympics, weightlifting is the most successful sport for the country with five medals won, although none of them is gold. Cycling is also a successful sport, contributing with two gold,[5] [6] and one bronze medals. Roller speed skating is a very popular sport in Colombia, hence the country's domination in that sport at international competitions. The sport was introduced to the Olympic program for the Buenos Aires Games in 2018, and Colombian skaters won the two events held at those games.[7] The medals won in tennis[8] and equestrian in 2010 were the first for the country at Olympic competitions. Indeed, in tennis, the Colombians have won a complete set of medals as of 2018. Taekwondo practitioner Debbie Yopasa Gómez was the first female medalist for Colombia at the Youth Olympics, winning a bronze medal[9] in Nanjing 2014. Despite being a tropical country, Colombia made its debut at the Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer 2016. Michael Poettoz was the sole representative of the country at those games (he later went on to become the first person born in Colombia to qualify to compete at the senior Winter Olympics in PyeongChang 2018). Tennis player Camila Osorio is the only Colombian athlete to have won two medals for the country at the youth games and the only one (including senior Olympic Games) to have won two medals at a single edition of the Olympics. Diver Daniel Restrepo won Colombia's first medal in diving at Olympic competitions.

Medals by Summer Youth Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
23 2 3 0 5 22
34 1 0 2 3 46
54 4 3 3 10 14
future event
Total 7 6 5 18 22

Medals by Winter Youth Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
Did not participate
1 0 0 0 0
2 0 1 0 1 27
5 0 0 0 0 -
Total 0 1 0 1

Medals by summer sport

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
2 0 1 3
2 0 0 2
1 1 1 3
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
0 3 2 5
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 0 1 1
Total 7 6 5 18

Medalists by Summer Games

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Mixed Cycling Team
Jessica Lergada
Jhonnatan Botero Villegas
Brayan Ramírez
David Oquendo
Combined mixed team
Boys' 62 kg
Individual Jumping
Men's Middle 75 kg
Boys' Cycling Team
Brandon Rivera
Jhon Anderson Rodríguez
Boys' team
Girls' 63 kg
Boys' 69 kg
Girls' combined
Boys' combined
Boys' 3m springboard
Girls' 400 m hurdles
Girls' 48 kg
Girls' 53 kg
Mixed Double Team
Camila Osorio
Nicolás Mejía
Mixed doubles
Mixed BMX Cycling Team
Gabriela Bolle
Juan Ramírez
Mixed BMX racing
Boys' 62 kg
Girls' singles

Medalists by Winter Games

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nuestro futuro olímpico está asegurado - ELESPECTADOR.COM. 14 October 2018.
  2. Web site: Michael Poettoz buscará izar la bandera colombiana en Noruega. Casa Editorial El País. Cali.
  3. Web site: Michael Poettoz’s plot to put Colombian winter sports on the map. 21 February 2018.
  4. Web site: Buenos Aires elected as Host City for 2018 Youth Olympic Games. 21 July 2016.
  5. Web site: Cinco medallas, en Singapur 2010. www.coc.org.co. 2019-01-07.
  6. Web site: El ciclismo le da a Colombia su primer oro en los Olímpicos de la Juventud. 2014-08-22. ELESPECTADOR.COM. ES. 2019-01-07.
  7. Web site: Colombia, rumbo a las mejores olimpiadas juveniles de su historia. 2018-10-09. ELESPECTADOR.COM. ES. 2019-01-07.
  8. Web site: ¿Qué hacen los medallistas de Singapur-2010?. www.elcolombiano.com. es-ES. 2019-01-07.
  9. Web site: Colombia cerró su participación en Nanjing 2014. Colombia.com. Redacción. 2014-09-01. Colombia.com. es. 2019-01-07.