# Ireland at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Michael Duffy | Equestrian | Team Jumping (part of a Mixed-NOC team Europe) | 20 Aug |
| Silver | Ciara Ginty | Boxing | Women's Light 60kg | 26 Aug |
| Silver | Robert Hendrick | Canoeing | Boys' C1 slalom | 27 Aug |
| Bronze | Michael Gallagher | Boxing | Men's Heavy 91kg | 25 Aug |

## Athletics

Ireland qualified five athletes.
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)

### Field Events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank |
| Eoin Sheridan | Discus throw | 53.63 | 12 qB | 51.19 | 5 |
| Adam King | Hammer throw | 71.91 PB | 8 Q | 71.49 | 8 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Roseanna McGuckian | 200 m | 24.77 | 3 qB | 25.15 | 5 |
| Louis Shanahan | 800 m | 2:09.58 | 2 Q | 2:08.29 PB | 6 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank |
| Michaela Walsh | Shot put | 15.59 | 7 Q | 15.69 PB | 6 |

## Boxing

Ireland qualified three boxers based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final / RM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Michael Gallagher | -91 kg | Maksim Kazlou (BLR) W 3-0 | Yordan Hernández (CUB) L 0-3 | Bronze Medal Bout  Kim Jin-nyong (KOR) W 3-0 | |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final / RM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ciara Ginty | -60 kg | Monica Floridia (ITA) W 3-0 | Esra Yıldız (TUR) W 2-0 | Jajaira Gonzalez (USA) L 0-3 | |
| Christine Desmond | -75 kg | bye | Chen Nien-Chin (TPE) L 0-3 | Bronze Medal Bout  Caitlin Parker (AUS) L 0-3 | 4 |

## Canoeing

Ireland qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Robert Hendrick | C1 slalom | 1:19.667 | 3 Q | — | — | Zoltán Koleszár (HUN) 1:21.403 W | Leon Breznik (SLO) 1:18.752 W | Lucas Roisin (FRA) 1:19.047 L | |
| Robert Hendrick | C1 sprint | 2:14.219 | 12 Q | 2:14.706 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Equestrian

Ireland qualified a rider.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Michael Duffy | Commander | Individual Jumping | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 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 | (8) 0 0 (8) 0 | 1 | (4) 0 0 (0) 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |

## Golf

Ireland qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Kevin le Blanc | Boys | 73 (+1) | 19 | 71 (-1) | 144 (PAR) | | 73 (+1) | 217 (+1) | | 217 | 16 |
| Olivia Mehaffey | Girls | 73 (+1) | 11 | 75 (+3) | 148 (+4) | | 79 (+7) | 227 (+11) | | 227 | 20 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Round 1 (Foursome) | Round 1 (Foursome) | Round 2 (Fourball) | Round 2 (Fourball) | Round 2 (Fourball) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | Boy | Girl | Total | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Kevin le Blanc Olivia Mehaffey | Mixed | 72 (PAR) | 25 | 77 (+5) | 149 (+5) | | 71 (-1) | 80 (+8) | 300 (+12) | | 300 | 27 |

## Rowing

Ireland qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Eimear Lambe | Girls' Single Sculls | 3:57.00 | 5 R | 3:55.00 | 2 SA/B | 4:02.39 | 6 FB | 4:03.82 | 11 |
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

## Swimming

Ireland qualified three swimmers.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Calum Bain | 50 m freestyle | 23.57 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Calum Bain | 100 m freestyle | 52.51 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Calum Bain | 50 m butterfly | 25.69 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Laoise Fleming | 200 m freestyle | 2:08.93 | 32 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Laoise Fleming | 50 m backstroke | 31.64 | 37 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Laoise Fleming | 100 m backstroke | 1:06.21 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Laoise Fleming | 200 m backstroke | 2:21.89 | 24 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dearbhail McNamara | 50 m breaststroke | 35.17 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dearbhail McNamara | 100 m breaststroke | 1:13.79 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dearbhail McNamara | 200 m breaststroke | 2:34.39 | 10 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |