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Great Britain at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Great Britain at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Sporting event delegation

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

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Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Great Britain qualified one archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.[1] Later, Great Britain qualified a male archer based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Championships.[2]

  • Boys' Individual – Daniel Thompson[3][4]
  • Girls' Individual – Alyssia Tromans-Ansell[3][4]
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Badminton

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Great Britain qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[5][6]

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Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Great Britain qualified a boys' team based on their performance at 2017–18 European Youth Continental Cup Final.[7]

  • Boys' tournament – Javier Bello and Joaquin Bello.[3][4]
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Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Great Britain qualified three boxers based on their performance at the 2018 Youth European Confederation Boxing Championship.[8]

  • Boys' 52 kg – Ivan Hope Price[4][3]
  • Boys' 64 kg – Hassan Azim[3][4]
  • Boys' 81 kg – Karol Itauma[4][3]
  • Girls' 60 kg – Caroline Sara Dubois[3][4]
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Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Great Britain qualified a boys' and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings. They also qualified a mixed BMX racing team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games BMX Junior Nation Rankings.[9][10][11]

  • Boys' combined team – Sean Flynn and Harry Birchill.[3][4]
  • Girls' combined team – Harriet Harnden and Anna McGorum.[3][4]
  • Mixed BMX racing team – Ross Cullen and Elissa Bradford[4][3]

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Great Britain qualified three divers at the 2018 World Junior Diving Championships.

  • Boys' 3m Springboard – Antony Harding[4][3]
  • Boys' 10 Platform – Antony Harding[4][3] (not used)
  • Girls' 3m Springboard – Maria Papworth[4][3]
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Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Great Britain qualified a rider based on its performance at the FEI European Junior Jumping Championships.[12]

  • Individual Jumping – Jack Whitaker[4][3]

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Great Britain have qualified a mixed team of one boy and one girl as a result of the World Amateur Golf Rankings as at 25 July 2018.

  • Mixed team – Joe Pagdin and Lily May Humphreys.[4][3]
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Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Acrobatic

Great Britain qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship.[13]

  • Mixed pair – Clyde Gembickas and Sophia Imrie-Gale.[3][4]

Artistic

Great Britain qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship.[13]

Trampoline

Great Britain qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship.[13]

  • Boys' trampoline – Andrew Stamp[4][3]
  • Girls' trampoline – Jessica Clarke[4][3]

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Great Britain qualified one athlete based on the rankings in the Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standings.[14] Later, they qualified a second athlete based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.[15]

  • Girls' −59kg – Charlotte Hope
  • Girls' +59kg – Lauren Salisbury
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Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Great Britain qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Youth A World Championship.[16]

  • Boys' Individual – Toby Price
  • Girls' Individual – Annabel Denton

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Great Britain qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships.[17]

  • Boys' pair – Michael Dalton and Theo Darlow.[3][4]
  • Girls' single sculls – Georgina Robinson Ranger[3][4]

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Great Britain qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Techno 293+ Championships.[18][19][20]

  • Boys' Techno 293+ – Finn Hawkins
  • Girls' Techno 293+ – Islay Watson

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Great Britain have received a wild card entry in the boy's air pistol event in the shooting competition.

  • Boys' 10m Air Pistol – James Miller[4][3]
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Taekwondo

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Great Britain have qualified two athletes for the taekwondo competition via the qualification tournament.

  • Boys' −55kg – Mason Yarrow
  • Girls' −49kg – Aaliyah Powell[4][3]
  • Girls' +63kg – Sharissa Gannaway[4][3]
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Triathlon

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Great Britain qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[21]

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Weightlifting

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    "Team GB stars of the future announced for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games". Team GB. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
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    "BWF Junior World Ranking – Boys Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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    "BWF Junior World Ranking – Girls Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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    "Russia and Sweden win gold at #CEVContinentalCup, Poland and England join European delegation at Youth Olympics". European Volleyball Confederation. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
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    "EUBC EUROPEAN YOUTH BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS Medallists by Weight Category" (PDF). EUBC. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
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    "Men's Combined Team Event" (PDF). UCI. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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    "Women's Combined Team Event" (PDF). UCI. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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    "Mixed BMX Racing Event" (PDF). UCI. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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    "Qualified NOC's to the 3rd Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires – 2018" (PDF). FEI. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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    "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
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    "Karate powerhouses lead standings for Youth Olympic Games". World Karate Federation. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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    "Youth Olympic qualifier concludes in Umag with new karatekas making it to Buenos Aires 2018". World Karate Federation. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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    "Twelve athletes secure places in Buenos Aires". UIPM. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
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    "2018 Youth Olympic Games – Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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