# Puerto Rico at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Jorge Contreras | Athletics | Boys' discus throw | 14 October |
| Bronze | Jan Moreu | Athletics | Boys' 5000 metre walk | 15 October |
| Bronze | Alvin Canales | Boxing | -91 kg | 17 October |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Athletics (track and field)

| Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Carlos Vilches | Boys' 1500 metres | 4:05.93 | 16 | 12:32 | 9 | 25 | 13 |
| Jan Moreu | Boys' 5000 metre walk | 21:05.25 | 7 | 20:54.04 | 3 | 41:59.29 | |
| Jorge Contreras | Boys' discus throw | 55.99 | 3 | 59.07 | 4 | 115.06 | |

## Beach volleyball

Puerto Rico qualified a boys' and girls' team based on their performance at the 2018 Central Zone U19 Championship.
* Boys' tournament – Randall Santiago and William Rivera
* Girls' tournament – Allanis Navas and María González
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 24 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Navas–Gonzalez | Girls' tournament | Ravo–Tebeim (VAN) W 2–0 Giuli–Romi (PAR) W 2–0 Scampoli–Bertozzi (ITA) L 0–2 | 2 | Sinaportar–Mucheza (MOZ) W 2–0 | Nicole–Canedo (BOL) W 2–0 | Voronina–Bocharova (RUS) L 0–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Santiago–Rivera | Boys' tournament | Guvu–Monjane (MOZ) L 1–2 Leon–Jurado (ECU) L 1–2 Esther–Namah (MRI) W 2–0 | 3 | Ayon–Alayo (CUB) L 1–2 | Did not advance | 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 |
| Jancarmelo Morales | -81 kg | Itauma (GBR) L 0–5 | Ali Karar (EGY) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Mousavipaeindezaei (IRI) W WO | 5 |
| Alvin Canales | -91 kg | Salgado (CHI) W 5–0 | — | Oralbay (KAZ) L 0–5 | Mikušťák (CZE) W 5–0 | |

## Fencing

Puerto Rico qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.
* Boys' Sabre – Hudson Santana

## Gymnastics
### Acrobatic

Puerto Rico qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship.
* Mixed pair – Adriel Gónzalez and Daniela González

### Artistic

Puerto Rico qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.
* Boys' artistic individual all-around – Michael Torres
* Girls' artistic individual all-around – Kryxia Alicea

## Judo
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Repechage | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Adrián Medero | Boys' 55 kg | Romain Valadier-Picard (FRA) L 00-10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Aleddine Ben Chalbi (TUN) L 00-11s1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Sairy Colón | Girls' 52 kg | Augusta Ambourouet (GAB) W 11-00 | Veronica Toniolo (ITA) L 00s1-10s1 | Did not advance | Fatime Barka (CHA) W 10-00 | Noemí Huayhuameza (PER) W 11-00 | Nilufar Ermaganbetova (UZB) L 00-10 | 5 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Team Atlanta Tiguidanke Camara (GUI) Aleksa Georgieva (BUL) Vusala Karimova (AZE) Adrián Medero (PUR) Rok Pogorevc (SLO) Fatine Rzal (MAR) Adrian Sulca (ROU) Antonio Tornal (DOM) | Mixed team | Team Barcelona (MIX) W 4–3 | Team Barcelona (MIX) L 3–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Seoul Mohammed Al-Mishri (LBA) Alex Barto (SVK) Sairy Colón (PUR) María Giménez (VEN) Yuri Israelyan (ARM) Kim Ju-hee (KOR) Omaria Ramírez (DOM) Wu Xiao-zhang (TPE) | Mixed Team | Los Angeles L 3–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |

## Karate

Puerto Rico qualified one athlete based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.
* Girls' +59kg – Janessa Fonseca
| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Elimination round | Elimination round | Elimination round | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Janessa Fonseca | Girls' +59 kg | Sawashima (JPN) L 0–3 | Lyck (DEN) W 2–0 | Altooni (IRI) D 0–0 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 6 |

## Table tennis

Puerto Rico qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the Latin American Continental Qualifier.
* Girls' singles – Adriana Díaz

## Weightlifting
### Boy

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Delvin Rocco Baez Moyeno | +85 kg | 110 | 7 | 135 | 7 | 245 | 7 |

### Girl

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Adamaris Santiago | −44 kg | 55 | 4 | 73 | 4 | 128 | 4 |