# Venezuela at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

## Basketball 3×3

Venezuela qualified both teams (8 athletes) via World Ranking as of April 1, 2018 (1st in Boys; 4th in Girls). This is a 2nd qualification in a row for a Venezuelan 3x3 (also qualified in Nanjing 2014 both teams). This is not consider as Team Sport (all athletes have individual World Ranking).

## Beach handball

Venezuela qualified Boys' Team and Girls' Team (18 athletes) to the tournament.

## Beach volleyball

Venezuela qualified girls' and boys' from their performance at the 2018 CSV Youth Beach volleyball Tour.
| Athletes | Event | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Round of 24 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Richard Brizuela Gabriel González | Boys' | Bintang–Danang (INA) L 0-2 Brewster–Schwengel (USA) L 0-2 Railbiently–Brian (ARU) W 2-0 | 3 | A Lezcano–C Lobo (CRC) L 0-2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Urimar Narváez Diana Ramírez | Girls' | Romero–Gutiérrez (MEX) W 2-1 Mali–Kayla (ARU) W 2-0 Valentine–Penelope (RWA) W 2-0 | 1 | Bye | Thatsarida–Pawarun (THA) L 1-2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary R1 | Preliminary R2 | Semifinals | Final / RM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Giodanny Jiménez | -75 kg | Poutoa (SAM) L 0–5 | Douibi (ALG) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Millas (ITA) W WO | 5 |

## Cycling

Venezuela qualified one athlete in BMX freestyle based on its performance at the 2018 Urban Cycling World Championship.
* Mixed BMX freestyle - 1 girl

## Equestrian

Venezuela qualified a rider based on its ranking in the FEI World Jumping Challenge Rankings.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total | Total | Jump-Off | Jump-Off | Rank |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Time | Rank |
| Bernardo Lander | Roi Quake Z | Individual Jumping | EL | EL | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 29 |
| South America Philip Mattos Botelho (BRA) Bernardo Lander (VEN) Gonzalo Bedoya (BOL) Agostina Llano Zuccolillo (PAR) Richard Kierkegaard (ARG) | Denise Z Roi Quake Z Ankara I Red Sugar Z Legolas I | Team Jumping | 12 # 4 4 # 0 0 | 4 | 0 4 # 0 0 0 | 0 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 4 |

## Fencing

Venezuela qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.
* Girls' Foil - Anabella Acurero Gonzalez

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

Venezuela qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.
* Boys' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota

### Multidiscipline

| Team | Athlete | Acrobatic | Artistic | Rhythmic | Trampoline | Total points | Rank |
| Yevgeny Marchenko (Brown) | Daniela González (PUR) Adriel González (PUR) | 36 | — | — | — | 430 | 10 |
| Yevgeny Marchenko (Brown) | Byun Seong-won (KOR) | — | 45 | — | — | | 430 | 10 |
| Yevgeny Marchenko (Brown) | Lay Giannini (ITA) | — | 55 | — | — | 430 | 10 |
| Yevgeny Marchenko (Brown) | Víctor Betancourt (VEN) | — | 54 | — | — | 430 | 10 |
| Yevgeny Marchenko (Brown) | Kate Sayer (AUS) | — | 36 | — | — | 430 | 10 |
| Yevgeny Marchenko (Brown) | Elvira Katsali (GRE) | — | 89 | — | — | 430 | 10 |
| Yevgeny Marchenko (Brown) | Valeriia Sotskova (ISR) | — | — | 26 | — | 430 | 10 |
| Yevgeny Marchenko (Brown) | Anastasia Pingou (CYP) | — | — | 20 | — | 430 | 10 |
| Yevgeny Marchenko (Brown) | Ekaterina Fetisova (UZB) | — | — | 39 | — | 430 | 10 |
| Yevgeny Marchenko (Brown) | Fu Fantao (CHN) | — | — | — | 8 | 430 | 10 |
| Yevgeny Marchenko (Brown) | Alyssa Oh (USA) | — | — | — | 12 | 430 | 10 |

## Modern pentathlon

Venezuela qualified one pentathlete based on its performance at the Pan American Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.
| Athlete | Event | Fencing Ranking Round (épée one touch) | Fencing Ranking Round (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Fencing Final round (épée one touch) | Fencing Final round (épée one touch) | Fencing Final round (épée one touch) | Combined: Shooting/Running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m) | Combined: Shooting/Running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m) | Combined: Shooting/Running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m) | Total Points | Final Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Results | Rank | Time | Rank | Points | Results | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Total Points | Final Rank |
| Angel Hernandez (VEN) | Boys' Individual | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Angel Hernandez (VEN) Elžbieta Adomaitytė (LTU) | Mixed Relay | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Sailing

Venezuela qualified one boat based on its performance at the Central and South American IKA Twin Tip Qualifiers.
* Girls' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat

## Triathlon

Venezuela qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 American Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Swim (750m) | Trans 1 | Bike (20 km) | Trans 2 | Run (5 km) | Total Time | Rank |
| Karina Clemant | Girls | 9:56 | 0:48 | 30:17 | 0:40 | 20:37 | 1:02:18 | 17 |

### Relay

| Athlete | Event | Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km) | Total Group Time | Rank |
| Americas 2 Karina Clemant (VEN) Cristian Andres Triana Peña (COL) Giovanna Lacerda (BRA) Javier Antonio de la Peña Schott (MEX) | Mixed Relay | 23:23 (11) 21:26 (6) 23:49 (6) 22:01 (7) | 1:30:39 1P | 6 |

## Weightlifting

Venezuela qualified one quota in the boys' events and one quota in the girls' events based on the team ranking after the 2017 Weightlifting Youth World Championships.

### Boy

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Carlos David Trejo Gonzalez | −62 kg | 115 | 3 | 140 | 6 | 255 | 5 |

### Girl

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Katherin Oriana Echandia Zarate | −44 kg | 72 | 1 | 90 | 1 | 162 | |

## Wrestling

* 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 | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Final / RM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank |
| María Jose Mosquera Rojas | Girls' freestyle −49kg | Varakina (BLR) L 3 – 8 $^{VPO1}$ | Ikei (USA) L 2 – 12 $^{VSU1}$ | Akhmedova (UZB) L 1 – 12 $^{VSU1}$ | Raimova (KAZ) W 14 – 8 $^{VPO1}$ | 4 Q | Duenas (GUM) W 10 – 0 $^{VSU}$ | 7 |
| Mayra Alejandra Parra Alvarez | Girls' freestyle −57kg | Ringaci (MDA) L 2 – 11 $^{VPO1}$ | Szél (HUN) L 0 – 10 $^{VSU}$ | Mansi (IND) W 9 – 8 $^{VPO1}$ | Toida (CMR) W 10 – 0 $^{VSU}$ | 3 Q | López (MEX) L 0 – 7 $^{VPO}$ | 6 |