Estonia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Estonia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	EST
NOC	Estonian Olympic Committee
Website	www.eok.ee
in Buenos Aires
Competitors	23[1] in 8 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Eerik Haamer[2]
Flag bearer (closing)	Greta Jaanson[3]
Medals Ranked 83rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2010 2014 2018

A total of 23 competitors competed for Estonia, the highest number of athletes Estonia had so far sent to the Youth Olympic Games.[1] All competitors qualified without needing an invitation.[1] Estonia made its debut in four sports: archery, gymnastics, karate (new sport) and wrestling.[1]

Medalists

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
Silver	Adelina Beljajeva	Gymnastics	Mixed multi-discipline team	10 October
Bronze	Greta Jaanson	Rowing	Girls' single sculls	10 October

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors that participated at the Games per sport.

Sport	Boys	Girls	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	2	4	6
Basketball	4	4	8
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Karate	0	1	1
Rowing	0	1	1
Swimming	2	2	4
Wrestling	0	1	1
Total	9	14	23

Archery

Estonia qualified one athlete for the boys event based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.[4][5]

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
Hendrik Õun	Boys' individual	671	10th	Shabani (IRI) L 2–6	Did not advance				17th

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
Nicole Marie Tagle (PHI)  Hendrik Õun (EST)	Mixed team	1300	13th	Bassi (CHI)  Dalpatadu (SRI) W 5–4	Tromans-Ansell (GBR)  Shabani (IRI) W 5–3	Jones (NZL)  Tang (TPE) L 1–5	Did not advance		6th

Athletics

Estonia qualified six athletes based on their performance at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships.[6]

Boys

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Ken-Mark Minkovski	200 m	21.69	7th	21.70	18th	43.39	14th

Field events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Eerik Haamer	Pole vault	5.15 NYR	2nd	5.12	4th	10.27	4th

Girls

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Ann Marii Kivikas	200 m	25.43	15th	24.53	13th	49.96	15th

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Gedly Tugi	Javelin throw	52.65	6th	52.60	7th	105.25	6th
Annika Emily Kelly	Hammer throw	63.41 NYR	9th	60.07	7th	123.48	7th
Marleen Mülla	Pole vault	3.85	3rd	3.82	4th	7.67	4th

Basketball

Estonia qualified both boys and girls team based on the FIBA U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.[7][8][9]

Boys' tournament

• Kerr Kriisa
• Aleksander Oliver Hint
• Arthur Herman Entsik
• Jaan Erik Lepp

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	Mongolia W 22–13	Argentina L 19–22	United States W 21–14	Russia L 21–22	3rd	Did not advance			9th

Girls' tournament

• Victoria-Ida Vähi (injured[10])
• Johanna Eliise Teder
• Janne Pulk
• Martha Liisa Oinits

Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Girls' tournament	Netherlands L 12–22	Spain L 11–21	Czech Republic W 17–15	Australia L 15–19	4th	Did not advance			14th

Girls' shoot-out contest

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Janne Pulk	Shoot-out contest	4	13th	Did not advance
Johanna Eliise Teder		2	31st	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Estonia qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on its performance at the European Qualification Event.[11]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Adelina Beljajeva	Individual	14.050	14.250	13.975	12.000	54.275	18th	Did not advance

Mixed multidiscipline team

Team	Athlete	Acrobatic	Artistic	Rhythmic	Trampoline	Total points	Rank
Team Max Whitlock	Madalena Cavilhas (POR)  Manuel Candeias (POR)	20	N/A			349
	Fernando Espíndola (ARG)	N/A	43	N/A
	Takeru Kitazono (JPN)		17
	Pablo Calvache (ECU)		59
	Camila Montoya (CRC)		69
	Ksenia Klimenko (RUS)		11
	Zeina Ibrahim (EGY)		15
	Rayna Khai Ling Hoh (MAS)	N/A		18	N/A
	Roza Abitova (KAZ)			26
	Adelina Beljajeva (EST)			47
	Robert Vilarasau (ESP)	N/A			11
	Jessica Clarke (GBR)				13

Karate

Estonia qualified one athlete based on the rankings in the Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standings.[12]

Athlete	Event	Group phase				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marta Ossipova	Girls' 59 kg	Sakaji (JPN) L 0–2	Perovic (SRB) L 0–2	Barnyi (HUN) L 0–2	4th	Did not advance		7th

Rowing

Estonia qualified one rower based on its performance at the 2018 European Rowing Junior Championships.[13]

Athlete	Event	Heats					Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Round 2		Round 3		Points
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Greta Jaanson	Girls' single sculls	1:56.88	3rd	1:53.34	1st	9 Q	1:46.83	1st Q	1:46.13	2nd Q	1:46.13

Swimming

Estonia qualified four athletes.[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alex Ahtiainen	50 m butterfly	25.66	36th	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	55.05	23rd	Did not advance
Ivan Štšeglov	100 m backstroke	57.57	18th R	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:01.69 NR	6th Q	N/A		2:02.63	8th

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aleksa Gold	100 m freestyle	57.42	27th	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:04.27	20th	N/A		Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:17.14	14th	N/A		Did not advance
Margaret Markvardt	50 m backstroke	30.14	22nd	Did not advance
	200 m medley	2:22.89	27th	N/A		Did not advance

Wrestling

Estonia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 European Cadet Championships.[14]

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Girls

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Viktoria Vesso	Freestyle −65kg	Sghaier (TUN) W 5–0 ^VT	Balogun (NGR) L 0–3 ^PO	Nabaina (CMR) W 5–0 ^VT	Sghaier (UKR) L 1–3 ^PP	3rd	Capezan (ROU) W 5–0 ^VT	5th

References

1. "Galerii: Noorte olümpiamängudele läheb rekordsuur Eesti koondis — Eesti Olümpiakomitee". eok.ee. 25 September 2018.
2. "Täna öösel avatakse Buenos Aireses noorte olümpiamängud, Eesti lipukandja on Eerik Haamer". Delfi Sport. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
3. "Noorte olümpia lõputseremoonial kannab Eesti lippu pronksi võitnud Jaanson". ERR Sport. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
4. "YOG 2018 Qualification Places – Boys" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
5. "Vibulaskur Hendrik Õun teenis Eestile noorte olümpiamängude pääsme" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
6. "Buenos Aires 2018 noorte OM koondis on kasvanud 19 liikmeliseks — Eesti Olümpiakomitee". eok.ee.
7. "Federation – FIBA 3x3". fiba3x3.com.
8. "Federation – FIBA 3x3". fiba3x3.com.
9. "Selgusid Eesti 3x3 koondised Buenos Airese noorte olümpiamängudeks". Delfi Sport. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
10. "Päev noorte OM-il: maadleja Viktoria Vesso võitis viienda koha, Eerik Haamer püstitas Eesti U18 rekordi teivashüppes". delfi.ee. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
11. "18 nations secure Youth Olympic participation in Rhythmic Gymnastics". European Gymnastics Federation. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
12. "Marta Ossipova kvalifitseerus noorte olümpiamängudele — Eesti Olümpiakomitee". eok.ee. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
13. "Names of the future stand out at European Rowing Junior Champs". FISA. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
14. "Noorte olümpiamängudele kvalifitseerusid Eesti naismaadleja ja -sõudja — Eesti Olümpiakomitee". eok.ee. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

External links

• NOC Schedule at buenosaires2018.com
• Buenos Aires — Estonian Olympic Committee