# Israel at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Anastasia Gorbenko | Swimming | 200 m individual medley | 7 Oct |
| Silver | Yonatan Fridman Noa Kazado Yakar | Gymnastics | Acrobatic mixed pairs | 15 Oct |
| Bronze | Denis Loktev | Swimming | 200 m freestyle | 8 Oct |

## Athletics

Israel qualified three athletes.

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Adisu Guadia | 3000 m | 8:30.27 | 11 | 12:06 | 7 | — | 9 |
| Adisu Guadia | cross country | — | — | 12:06 | 18 | 12:06 | 18 |

### Field Events

| Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Amal Hasanov | Pole vault | 4.45 | 13 | 4.62 | 14 | 9.07 | 12 |

### Field Events

| Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Veronika Chaynov | High jump | 1.74 | 9 | 1.79 | 7 | 3.53 | 7 |

## Cycling

The ranks of the Israelis cyclists at the 2017 men junior XCO mountain bike world championships place Israel at the 7th place. This position qualified two cyclists for Israel.

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Cross-Country Eliminator | Cross-Country Eliminator | Time Trial | Time Trial | Time Trial | Criterium | Criterium | Cross-Country Short Circuit | Cross-Country Short Circuit | Cross-Country Short Circuit | Road Race | Road Race | Road Race | Total Pts | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Total Pts | Rank |
| Eitan Levi Nadav Raisberg | Boys' Team | 3 15 | 65 2 | 8:59.95 | 12 | 6 | 15 20 | 2 0 | 19:42 -1 LAP | 8 19 | 20 0 | 1:31:03 1:31:03 | 22 11 | 0 8 | 103 | 9 |

## Gymnastics
### Acrobatic

Israel qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship.

#### Pairs

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Dynamic | Dynamic | Balance | Balance | Combined | Combined | Total | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Yonatan Fridman Noa Kazado Yakar | Mixed pairs | 26.930 | 4 | 27.750 | 2 | 27.390 | 3 | 82.070 | 1 Q | 27.590 | |

### Artistic

Israel qualified one gymnast based on Uri Zeiadel performance at the European qualification event as part of the 2018 European Junior Championship. Zeiadel finish at the 23rd place on the individual all-around event with 73.265 points. This score place Israel at the 15th place.

#### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Floor | Floor | Pommel horse | Pommel horse | Rings | Rings | Vault | Vault | Parallel bars | Parallel bars | Horizontal bar | Horizontal bar | | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Uri Zeiadel | Qualification | 12.166 | 26 | 6.633 | 35 | 11.266 | 33 | 10.166 | 34 | 13.200 | 12 | 10.925 | 30 | 64.356 | 34 |

### Rhythmic

Israel qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on Valeriia Sotskova performance at the European qualification event. Sotskova finish at the 5th place on the individual all-around event.

#### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank |
| Valeriia Sotskova | Individual | 16.350 | 15.150 | 15.350 | 14.950 | 61.800 | 4 Q | 16.150 | 14.550 | 15.700 | 14.400 | 60.800 | 7 |

## Judo

Israel qualified one athlete based on its position at the IJF cadet WRL.

### 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 |
| Ariel Shulman [he] | Boys' -55 kg | Veredyba (UKR) L 0-10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Montealegre (COL) W 10-0 | Garboa (ECU) W 10-0 | Leutgeb (AUT) L 0-10 | 5 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Personal | Team | Personal | Team | Personal | Team | Personal | Team | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Los Angeles Soniya Bhatta (NEP) Nahomys Acosta Batte (CUB) Saskia Brothers (AUS) Raffaela Igl (GER) Ariel Shulman [he] (ISR) Georgios Balarjishvili (CYP) Turpal Djoukaev (FIN) Alin Bagrin (MDA) | Mixed Team | Israelyan (ARM) W 10-00 | Seoul W 5-3 | Montealegre (COL) L 00-10s1 | Athens L 3-5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |

## Sailing

Israel qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Techno 293+ Championships. Naama Gazit finished at the 4th place and earned one quota places for the Israeli delegation in the girls’ event. Bar Navri finished at the 9th place and earned one quota places for the Israeli delegation in the boys’ event.
| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Total score | Net score | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | Total score | Net score | Rank |
| Tomer Vardimon | Boys' Techno 293+ | BFD (25) | 6 | 3 | 3 | Cancelled | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 56 | 4 |
| Naama Gazit | Girls' Techno 293+ | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | Cancelled | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 63 | 47 | 4 |

## Swimming

Israel qualified four athlete based on its performance at the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest.

### Boys

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position |
| Denis Loktev | 100 m freestyle | 50.91 | 11 | 50.81 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Denis Loktev | 200 m freestyle | 1:49.20 | 5 | — | — | 1:48.53 | |
| Denis Loktev | 400 m freestyle | 3:52.04 | 4 | — | — | 3:52.12 | 6 |
| Gal Cohen Groumi | 50 m butterfly | 25.20 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gal Cohen Groumi | 100 m butterfly | 55.22 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gal Cohen Groumi | 50 m freestyle | 23.97 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gal Cohen Groumi | 200 m individual medley | 2:04.25 | 3 | — | — | 2:02.41 | 4 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position |
| Anastasia Gorbenko | 100 m freestyle | 56.33 | 8 | 56.21 | 8 | 55.88 | 7 |
| Anastasia Gorbenko | 200 m backstroke | 2:14.24 | 9 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anastasia Gorbenko | 200 m individual medley | 2:14.74 | 1 | — | — | 2:12.88 NR | |
| Anastasia Gorbenko | 200 m breaststroke | 2:33.13 | 17 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lea Polonsky | 100 m butterfly | 1:02.56 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lea Polonsky | 200 m butterfly | 2:20.58 | 11 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lea Polonsky | 200 m individual medley | 2:21.16 | 21 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lea Polonsky | 100 m breaststroke | 1:12.69 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Position | Time | Position |
| Denis Loktev Gal Cohen Groumi Anastasia Gorbenko Lea Polonsky | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:33.57 | 2 | DSQ | 8 |
| Denis Loktev Gal Cohen Groumi Anastasia Gorbenko Lea Polonsky | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:59.68 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

The 2018 World Youth Championship in Taekwondo took place in April in Tunisia. In contrast to the Olympic Charter, Israeli athletes were prevented from entering Tunisia and their ability to achieve the Olympic criterion was impaired. In light of this, and after the demand of the Olympic Committee of Israel, two Israeli athletes Avishag Semberg and Tom Pashcovsky received a free ticket to the Youth Olympics. But eventually, Daniel Goichman received the free ticket in Pashcovsky's place.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Daniel Goichman | -55 kg | Kim (KOR) L 11 - 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Avishag Semberg | -49 kg | Sompan (THA) W 17 - 8 | Cao (CHN) L 9 - 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |

## Triathlon

Itamar Levanon finished at the 8th place with a total time of 55:44 minutes at the 2018 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier held in Banyoles, Spain. Israel qualified one athlete based on Levanon's performance.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Swim (750m) | Trans 1 | Bike (20km) | Trans 2 | Run (5km) | Total Time | Rank |
| Itamar Levanon | Boys | 10:29 | 0:28 | 28:51 | 0:28 | 16:36 | 56:52 | 15 |

### Relay

| Athlete | Event | Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250/300m, Bike 5/8km, Run 1.5/2km) | Total Group Time | Rank |
| Europe 5 Chiara Lobba (ITA) Loic Triponez (SUI) Alevtina Stetsenko (RUS) Itamar Levanon (ISR) | Mixed Team Relay | 24:00 21:54 24:26 21:28 | 1:31:48 | 8 |