Italy at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy at the Youth Olympic Games
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At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing
Competitors	68 in 20 sports
Medals Rank: 7	Gold 7	Silver 8	Bronze 6	Total 21

Italy competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Archery

Italy qualified a male and female archer from its performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships.^[1][2]

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
Elia Fregnan	Boys' Individual	667	13	Rodriguez Sas (ARG) L 0–6	Did not advance				17
Tanya Giaccheri	Girls' Individual	650	8	Kazanskaya (BLR) W 6–2	Anagoz (TUR) 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
	Mixed Team
	Mixed Team

Athletics

Italy qualified 18 athletes.^[3]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Filippo Tortu	200 m	21.38 PB	6 Q	DNS
Giacomo Brandi	10 km walk	N/A		DNF

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
	Triple jump
Stefano Sottile	High jump	2.03	13 qB	2.02	14
	Pole vault
	Shot put
	Javelin throw
	Hammer throw

Girls

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	200 m
	400 m
	800 m
	1500 m
	100 m hurdles
	2000 m steeplechase
	5 km walk	N/A

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
	Long jump
	Triple jump
	Hammer throw

Beach Volleyball

Italy qualified a girls' team from their performance at the 2014 CEV Youth Continental Cup Final.^[4]

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Irene Enzo Michela Lantignotti	Girls'

Boxing

Italy qualified four boxers based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships^[5]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Vincenzo Arecchia	-64 kg
Vincenzo Lizzi	-69 kg

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Irma Testa	-51 kg	Bye	Istik (TUR) W 3–0	Chang (CHN) L 0–3
Monica Floridia	-60 kg

Canoeing

Italy qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.^[6]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Luigi Ruggiero	C1 slalom
	C1 sprint

Cycling

Italy qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its ranking issued by the UCI.^[7][8]

Team

Athletes	Event	Cross-Country Eliminator		Time Trial			BMX		Cross-Country Race			Road Race			Total Pts	Rank
		Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points
Federico Mandelli Manuel Todaro	Boys' Team
Sofia Beggin Chiara Teocchi	Girls' Team

Mixed Relay

Athletes	Event	Cross-Country Girls' Race	Cross-Country Boys' Race	Boys' Road Race	Girls' Road Race	Total Time	Rank
Chiara Teocchi Federico Mandelli Manuel Todaro Sofia Beggin	Mixed Team Relay

Diving

Italy qualified two quotas based on its performance at the Nanjing 2014 Diving Qualifying Event.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Giacomo Ciammarughi	Boys' 3 m springboard
Laura Bilotta	Girls' 3 m springboard
Laura Bilotta (ITA)  Lev Sargsyan (ARM)	Mixed team	N/A

Equestrian

Italy qualified a rider.^[10]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Matias Alvaro	Montelini	Individual Jumping
Europe  Jake Saywell (GBR)  Michael Duffy (IRL)  Matias Alvaro (ITA)  Lisa Nooren (NED)  Filip Agren (SWE)	Galaxy Commander Montelini For The Sun Abel	Team Jumping

Fencing

Italy qualified five athletes based on its performance at the 2014 FIE Cadet World Championships.^[11]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Pool Round	Seed	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Riccardo Abate	Épée
Guillaume Bianchi	Foil

Girls

Athlete	Event	Pool Round	Seed	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Eleonora De Marchi	Épée
Claudia Borella	Foil
Chiara Crovari	Sabre

Mixed Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals / PM	Final / PM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Mixed Team

Golf

Italy qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.^[12]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Renato Paratore	Boys
Virginia Carta	Girls

Team

Athletes	Event	Round 1 (Foursome)		Round 2 (Fourball)			Round 3 (Individual Stroke)				Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Boy	Girl	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Renato Paratore Virginia Carta	Mixed

Gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics

Italy qualified athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European WAG Championships.^[13]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB
Iosra Abdelaziz	Qualification

Judo

Italy qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships.^[14]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Rep 1	Rep 2	Rep 3	Rep 4	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Elios Manzi	Boys' -66 kg
Chiara Carminucci	Girls' -63 kg

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Team Xian  Hifumi Abe (JPN)  Chiara Carminucci (ITA)  Naomi de Brune (AUS)  Jolan Florimont (FRA)  Brillith Gamarra Carbajal (PER)  Felix Penning (LUX)  Marusa Stangar (SLO)  Idan Vardi (ISR)	Mixed Team	Team Tani (MIX) W 7 – 0	Team Berghmans (MIX) W 4 – 3	Team Rouge (MIX) L 3 – 4	Did not advance

Modern Pentathlon

Italy qualified one athlete based on its performance at the European YOG Qualifiers and another based on its performance at the 2014 Youth A World Championships.^[15]

Athlete	Event	Fencing Ranking Round (épée one touch)		Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Fencing Final Round (épée one touch)			Combined: Shooting/Running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total Points	Final Rank
		Results	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Results	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points
Gianluca Micozzi	Boys' Individual
Aurora Tognetti	Girls' Individual
Unknown  Gianluca Micozzi (ITA)	Mixed Relay
Aurora Tognetti (ITA) Unknown	Mixed Relay

Rowing

Italy qualified two boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Riccardo Mager Riccardo Peretti	Boys' Pairs					N/A
Arianna Mazzoni	Girls' Single Sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; R=Repechage

Sailing

Italy qualified four boats based on its performance at the Byte CII European Continental Qualifiers and Techno 293 European Continental Qualifiers.^[17][18]

Athlete	Event	Race											Net Points	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Vittorio Gallinaro	Boys' Byte CII
Ruggero Lo Mauro	Boys' Techno 293
Carolina Albano	Girls' Byte CII
Giulia Alagna	Girls' Techno 293

Shooting

Italy was given a wild card to compete.^[19]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Marco Suppini	Boys' 10m Air Rifle

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
	Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle

Swimming

Italy qualified eight swimmers.^[20]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alessandro Bori	50 m freestyle
	100 m freestyle
Nicolangelo di Fabio	100 m freestyle
	200 m freestyle			N/A
	400 m freestyle			N/A
Simone Sabbioni	50 m backstroke
	100 m backstroke
	200 m backstroke			N/A
Giacomo Carini	50 m butterfly
	100 m butterfly
	200 m butterfly			N/A
	200 m individual medley			N/A
Alessandro Bori Giacomo Carini Nicolangelo di Fabio Simone Sabbioni	4×100 m freestyle relay			N/A

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rachele Ceracchi	50 m freestyle
	100 m freestyle
	200 m freestyle			N/A
Simona Quadarella	400 m freestyle			N/A
	800 m freestyle	N/A
Ambra Esposito	50 m backstroke
	100 m backstroke
	200 m backstroke			N/A
Claudia Tarzia	50 m butterfly
	100 m butterfly
	200 m butterfly			N/A

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alessandro Bori Rachele Ceracchi Nicolangelo di Fabio Claudia Tarzia	4×100 m freestyle relay

Table Tennis

Italy qualified one athlete based on its performance at the Road to Nanjing series.^[21]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Giorgia Piccolin	Girls

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Europe 3  Giorgia Piccolin (ITA)  Elia Schmid (SUI)	Mixed

Qualification Legend: Q=Main Bracket (medal); qB=Consolation Bracket (non-medal)

Taekwondo

Italy qualified two athletes based on its performance at the Taekwondo Qualification Tournament.^[22]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Licia Martignani	−55 kg
Marina Rizzelli	+63 kg

Triathlon

Italy qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[23]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20km)	Trans 2	Run (5km)	Total Time	Rank
Giulio Soldati	Boys

Relay

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6km, Run 1.8km)	Total Group Time	Rank
	Mixed Relay

Weightlifting

Italy qualified 1 quota in the boys' and girls' events based on the team ranking after the 2014 Weightlifting Youth European Championships.^[24][25]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mirko Zanni	−62 kg

Girls

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alessandra Pagliaro	−48 kg

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