# Italy at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

## Archery

Italy qualified one archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Federico Fabrizzi | Boys' Individual | 646 | 27 | Ovchynnikov (UKR) L 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Federico Fabrizzi (ITA) Clea Reisenweber (GER) | Mixed team | 1305 | 5 | Jones (NZL) Tang (TPE) L 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |

## Athletics

Italy qualified 13 athletes, based on 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships results.
* 400 m: Lorenzo Benati (Atl. Roma Acquacetosa)
* 3000 m: Francesco Guerra (RCF Roma Sud)
* 2000 m steeplechase: Carmelo Cannizzaro (Lib. Running Modica)
* 10,000 m race walking: Davide Finocchietti (Libertas Runners Livorno)
* Pole Vault: Ivan De Angelis (Fiamme Gialle Simoni)
* Long Jump: Davide Favro (Atl. Canavesana)
* Discus Throw: Enrico Saccomano (Atl. Malignani Libertas UD)
* Shot Put: Carmelo Musci (Aden Exprivia Molfetta)
Girls (5)
* 200 m: Dalia Kaddari (US Tespiense Quartu)
* 400 m hs: Emma Silvestri (Collection Atl. Sambenedettese)
* 5000m race walking: Simona Bertini (Asd Francesco Francia)
* High Jump: Idea Pieroni (Virtus CR Lucca)
* Discus Throw: Diletta Fortuna (Atl. Vicentina)

## Badminton

Italy qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.

### Singles

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Giovanni Toti | Boys' Singles | Carraggi (BEL) W 2–1 | Li (CHN) L 0–2 | Toledano (ESP) L 0–2 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Team Alpha Giovanni Toti (ITA) Lakshya Sen (IND) Vannthoun Vath (CAM) Brian Yang (CAN) Hasini Nusaka Ambalangodage (SRI) Maria Delcheva (BUL) Jennie Gai (USA) Ashwathi Pillai (SWE) | Mixed Teams | Epsilon (MIX) W 110–98 | Delta (MIX) L 99–110 | Zeta (MIX) W 110–103 | 2 Q | Gamma (MIX) W 110–94 | Theta (MIX) W 110–90 | Omega (MIX) W 110–106 | |

## Basketball

Italy qualified a boys' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.
* Boys' tournament - 1 team of 4 athletes, Chinellato Riccardo, Donadio Lorenzo, Filoni Niccolò, Ianuale Nicolò;
But Italy took only 3 athletes to Buenos Aires. Italy were the only team to compete with only 3 players in the tournament. In spite of that they reached up to the quarter-final, where they lost to Ukraine in a thrilling contest.
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score |
| Chinellato Riccardo Donadio Lorenzo Filoni Niccolò Ianuale Nicolò | Boys' tournament | Latvia W 19–10 | Kazakhstan W 21–12 | Kyrgyzstan W 21–6 | Belgium L 16–18 | 2 Q | Ukraine L 11–14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Skills Competition

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Niccolò Filoni | Boys' Dunk Contest | 49 | 4 | 51 | |

## Beach handball

Athletes
* Alex Freund
* Max Prantner
* Giovanni Pavani
* Christian Mitterrutzner
* Davide Campestrini
* Davide Notarangelo
* Giovanni Cabrini
* Matteo Capuzzo
* Umberto Bronzo

## Beach volleyball

Italy qualified a girls' team based on their performance at 2017-18 European Youth Continental Cup Final.
* Girls' tournament - 1 team of 2 athletes, Bertozzi Nicol, Scampoli Claudia
| 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 |
| Scampoli–Bertozzi | Girls' tournament | Navas–Gonzalez (PUR) W 2-0 Giuli–Romi (PAR) W 2-1 Ravo–Tebeim (VAN) W 2-0 | 1 | Bye | Aninha–Thamela (BRA) W 2-1 | J.J. Zeng–Sh. T. Cao (CHN) W 2-0 | Newberry–Sparks (USA) W 2-0 | Voronina–Bocharova (RUS) L 0-2 | |

## Boxing

Italy qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2017 Youth Women's World Boxing Championships.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary R1 | Preliminary R2 | Semifinals | Final / RM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Naichel Millas | -75 kg | Jongjohor (THA) L 1–4 | Machado (BRA) L WO | Did not advance | Jiménez (VEN) L WO | 6 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final / RM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Martina La Piana | -51 kg | Gulia (IND) W 5-0 | Garcia (USA) W 4–1 | Gbadamosi (NGR) W 5–0 | |

## Canoeing

Italy qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.
* Girls' K1 - Zironi Lucrezia
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Repechage | Repechage | Last 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Lucrezia Zironi | Girls' K1 sprint | 1:56.53 | 7 | Bye | Bye | Delassus (FRA) W 2:01.62 | Sukhanova (KAZ) L 1:54.56 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lucrezia Zironi | Girls' K1 slalom | 1:27.90 | 14 | 1:23.79 | 1 | Luknárová (SVK) L 1:29.73 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

Italy qualified a boys' and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings.
* Boys' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes
* Girls' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes

## Dancesport

Italy qualified two dancers based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.
* B-Boys - Mattia Schinco aka Bad Matty
* B-Girls - Lexy

## Diving

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Antonio Volpe | Boys' 3m springboard | 509.05 | 7 | 515.15 | 7 |
| Antonio Volpe | Boys' 10 m platform | 405.95 | 11 | 453.35 | 8 |
| Chiara Pellacani | Girls' 3m springboard | 421.00 | 3 | 425.90 | 7 |
| Chiara Pellacani (ITA) Oleh Serbin (UKR) | Mixed team | — | — | 333.40 | 6 |
| Gabriela Agundes (MEX) Antonio Volpe (ITA) | Mixed team | — | — | 309.00 | 10 |

## Equestrian

Italy qualified a rider based on its performance at the FEI European Junior Jumping Championships.
* Individual Jumping - Giacomo Casadei 1 athlete
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total | Total | Jump off | Jump off | Jump off |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank |
| Giacomo Casadei | Darna Z | Individual Jumping | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Europe Jack Whitaker (GBR) Giacomo Casadei (ITA) Vince Jármy (HUN) Rowen van de Mheen (NED) Simon Jan Morssinkhof (BEL) | L V Chance Luck Darna Z Walterstown Cruise Z Baral Ourika Cheptel Wigan | Team Jumping | 0 0 4 # 0 0 # | 0 | 4 # 0 0 0 4 # | 0 | 0 | 4 # 0 # 0 0 0 | 0 | 38.31 # 37.85 # 34.99 34.79 31.80 | 101.58 | |

## Fencing

Italy qualified five athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship but only three will compete.
* Boys' Épée - Davide Di Veroli (Italian flagbearer)
* Boys' Foil - Filippo Macchi
* Girls' Épée - Sara Kowalczyk (*)
* Girls' Foil - Martina Favaretto
* Girls' Sabre - Benedetta Taricco (*)

## Golf
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Bronze medal playoff | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | Score | Score | Par | Rank |
| Alessia Nobilio | Girls' Individual | 68 (−2) | 1 | 72 (+2) | 140 | 5 | 74 (+4) | 214 | 12 | 3 (−1) | 214 | +4 | |
| Andrea Romano | Boys' Individual | 69 (−1) | 1 | 72 (+2) | 141 | 10 | 74 (+4) | 215 | 15 | — | 215 | +5 | 8 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Round 1 (Fourball) | Round 1 (Fourball) | Round 2 (Foursome) | Round 2 (Foursome) | Round 3 (Individual stroke) | Round 3 (Individual stroke) | Round 3 (Individual stroke) | Round 3 (Individual stroke) | Total | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Girl | Boy | Total | Rank | Score | Par | Rank |
| Alessia Nobilio Andrea Romano | Mixed team | 57 (−13) | 1 | 72 (+2) | 8 | 74 | 75 | 149 (+9) | 21 | 278 | −2 | 4 |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

Italy qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship.
* Boys' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota
* Girls' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota

#### Individual finals

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | FX | Total | Rank |
| Giorgia Villa | All-around | 14.566 | 14.000 | 12.300 | 13.200 | 54.066 | |
| Giorgia Villa | Vault | 14.233 | — | — | — | — | |
| Giorgia Villa | Uneven Bars | — | 14.166 | — | — | — | |
| Giorgia Villa | Balance Beam | — | — | 12.966 | — | — | 4 |
| Giorgia Villa | Floor Exercise | — | — | — | 13.300 | — | |

### Rhythmic

Italy qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on its performance at the European qualification event.
* Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

## Judo
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Rep 1 | Rep 2 | Rep 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Veronica Toniolo | Girls' 52 kg | Noemí Huayhuameza (PER) W 10-00s2 | Sairy Colón (PUR) W 10s1-00s1 | Irena Khubulova (RUS) L 00-10 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Nahomys Acosta (CUB) L 00s1-01s1 | 4 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Team Beijing Artsiom Kolasau (BLR) Liu Li-ling (TPE) Jaykhunbek Nazarov (UZB) Carlos Páez (VEN) Itzel Pecha (MEX) Ana Viktorija Puljiz (CRO) Veronica Toniolo (ITA) | Mixed team | Team Montreal (MIX) W 5–2 | Team Nanjing (MIX) W 4–3 | Team London (MIX) W 7–0 | Team Athens (MIX) W 4–3 | |

## Karate

Italy qualified one athlete based on the rankings in the Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standings.
* Boys' -68 kg - Rosario Ruggiero
| Athlete | Event | Pool Matches | Pool Matches | Pool Matches | Pool Matches | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Rosario Ruggiero | Boys' 68 kg | Mahauden (BEL) L 0–3 | Shyroian (UKR) W 3–0 | Bošković (MNE) D 2–2 | 2 | Yassine Sekouri (MAR) L 0–5 | Did not advance | |

## Modern pentathlon

Italy qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. Italy qualified a second female based on its performance at the 2018 Youth A World Championship. The nation must choose between the two girls.
* Boys' Individual - Giorgio Malan
* Girls' Individual - Beatrice Mercuri or Alice Rinaudo

## Roller speed skating

Italy qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship.
* Boys' combined speed event - Vincenzo Maiorca
* Girls' combined speed event - Giorgia Valanzano

## Rowing

Italy qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships. Later, Italy qualified a boys' pair boat based on its performance at the 2018 European Rowing Junior Championships.
* Boys' pair - 1 boat Castelnovo Nicolas, Zamariola Alberto
* Girls' pair – 1 boat Alajdi El Idrissi Khadija, Tonoli Vittoria

## Sailing

Italy qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Techno 293+ Championships. Italy qualified an additional boat based on its performance at the 2018 IKA Twin Tip Racing Youth World Championship. A Nacra 15 boat was qualified based on their performance at the 2018 Nacra 15 World Championships.
* Boys' Techno 293+ - 1 boat
* Girls' Techno 293+ - 1 boat
* Girls' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat
* Mixed Nacra 15 - 1 boat

## Shooting

Italy qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 European Championships. Italy later qualified a rifle sport shooter based on its performance at the 2018 European Championships.
* Girls' 10m Air Rifle - 1 quota
* Girls' 10m Air Pistol - 1 quota

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sofia Benetti | Girls' 10 m air pistol | 621.3 | 8 | 143.0 | 7 |
| Giulia Campostrini | Girls' 10 m air rifle | 556-5 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Giulia Campostrini (ITA) Rihards Zorge (LAT) | Mixed 10 metre air pistol | 746-12 | 8 | Haristiade (ROU) Solari (SUI) W 10-6 | Ibarra Miranda (MEX) Honta (UKR) L 8-10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sofia Benetti (ITA) Muhammad Naufal Mahardika (INA) | Mixed 10 metre air rifle | 820.5 | 12 | Darwish (EGY) Hoberg (AUS) W 10-9 | Kemppi (FIN) Firmapaz (ARG) L 5-10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Sport climbing

Italy qualified three sport climbers based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships. They also qualified a second female climber based on its performance at the 2017 European Youth Sport Climbing Championships.
* Boys' combined - 2 quotas (Filip Schenk, Pietro Biagini)
* Girls' combined - 2 quotas (Laura Rogora, Giorgia Tesio)

## Table tennis

Italy qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Latin America) series.
* Boys' singles - Matteo Mutti
* Girls' singles - Jamila Laurenti

## Taekwondo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Gabriele Caulo | Boys' 63 kg | Bye | Hasham Bandar bin Dookhy (KSA) W 18-15 | Nareupong Thepsen (THA) L 14-15 | Did not advance | |
| Assunta Cennamo | Girls' 63 kg | Bye | Asma Haji (TUN) W 11-8 | Nadica Božanić (SRB) L 4-16 | Did not advance | |

## Tennis
### Singles

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Lorenzo Musetti | Boys' singles | Jianu (ROU) L (4-6, 4-6) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Elisabetta Cocciaretto | Girls' singles | Bilokin (UKR) W (6-2, 6-4) | Osorio (COL) L (6-1, 6$^2$-7, 5-7) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

### Doubles

| Athletes | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Lorenzo Musetti Yankı Erel (TUR) | Boys' doubles | — | Štyler (CZE) / Svrčina (CZE) L (4-6, 2-6) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Elisabetta Cocciaretto Sylvie Zünd (LIE) | Girls' doubles | — | Juvan (SLO) / Świątek (POL) L (0-6, 2-6) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Elisabetta Cocciaretto Lorenzo Musetti | Mixed doubles | Ma (USA) / Baird (USA) W (7-5, 6-2) | Molinaro (LUX) / de Jong (NED) L (6-4, 2-6, [10-12]) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

## Triathlon

Italy qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Swim (750m) | Trans 1 | Bike (20 km) | Trans 2 | Run (5 km) | Total Time | Rank |
| Alessio Crociani | Boys | 9:29 | 0:27 | 26:52 | 0:28 | 16:29 | 53:45 | |
| Chiara Lobba | Girls | 10:37 | 0:46 | 31:15 | 0:30 | 18:54 | 1:02:02 | 16 |

### Relay

| Athlete | Event | Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km) | Total Group Time | Rank |
| Europe 1 Sif Bendix Madsen (DEN) Alessio Crociani (ITA) Anja Weber (SUI) Alexandre Montez (POR) | Mixed Relay | 21:42 (1) 20:55 (3) 22:40 (1) 20:55 (1) | 1:26:12 | |
| Europe 5 Chiara Lobba (ITA) Loic Triponez (SUI) Alevtina Stetsenko (RUS) Itamar Shevach Levanon (ISR) | Mixed Relay | 24:00 (14) 21:54 (10) 24:26 (8) 21:28 (4) | 1:31:48 | 8 |

## Weightlifting

Italy qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Championships.

### Boy

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Cristiano Ficco | −85 kg | 145 | 1 | 180 | 1 | 325 | |

### Girl

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Giulia Imperio | −48 kg | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |