Colombia at the Youth Olympics

Colombia first participated at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural 2010 Games in Singapore. Colombia has sent a team to each Summer Youth Olympics[1] and participated for the first time at the Winter Youth Olympics in the 2016 edition in Lillehammer.[2][3] The Colombian city of Medellín submitted a bid to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, but in a voting process in 2013, lost the games to the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.[4]

Colombia at the
Youth Olympics
IOC codeCOL
NOCColombian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpicocol.co (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 33rd
Gold
7
Silver
7
Bronze
5
Total
19
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Medal tables

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IOC President Thomas Bach congratulating roller skater Jhony Angulo Reina for his gold medal.

Competing at the Youth Olympic Games, Colombian athletes have won a total of 18 medals in 9 different sports. Weightlifter José Gavino Mena won the country's first medal at this competition at the inaugural edition held in Singapore in 2010. As in the senior Olympics, weightlifting is the most successful sport for the country with five medals won, although none of them is gold. Cycling is also a successful sport, contributing with two gold,[5][6] and one bronze medals. Roller speed skating is a very popular sport in Colombia, hence the country's domination in that sport at international competitions. The sport was introduced to the Olympic program for the Buenos Aires Games in 2018, and Colombian skaters won the two events held at those games.[7] The medals won in tennis[8] and equestrian in 2010 were the first for the country at Olympic competitions. Indeed, in tennis, the Colombians have won a complete set of medals as of 2018. Taekwondo practitioner Debbie Yopasa Gómez was the first female medalist for Colombia at the Youth Olympics, winning a bronze medal[9] in Nanjing 2014. Despite being a tropical country, Colombia made its debut at the Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer 2016. Michael Poettoz was the sole representative of the country at those games (he later went on to become the first person born in Colombia to qualify to compete at the senior Winter Olympics in PyeongChang 2018). Tennis player Camila Osorio is the only Colombian athlete to have won two medals for the country at the youth games and the only one (including senior Olympic Games) to have won two medals at a single edition of the Olympics. Diver Daniel Restrepo won Colombia's first medal in diving at Olympic competitions.

Medalists by Summer Games

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
  Gold Juan Sebastián Gómez   Singapore 2010   Tennis Boys' singles
  Gold Mixed Cycling Team
Jessica Lergada
Jhonnatan Botero Villegas
Brayan Ramírez
David Oquendo
  Singapore 2010   Cycling Combined mixed team
  Silver José Mena   Singapore 2010   Weightlifting Boys' 62 kg
  Silver Mario Gamboa   Singapore 2010   Equestrian Individual Jumping
  Silver Juan Carlos Carrillo   Singapore 2010   Boxing Men's Middle 75 kg
  Gold Boys' Cycling Team
Brandon Rivera
Jhon Anderson Rodríguez
  Nanjing 2014   Cycling Boys' team
  Bronze Debbie Yopasa   Nanjing 2014   Taekwondo Girls' 63 kg
  Bronze Andrés Caicedo   Nanjing 2014   Weightlifting Boys' 69 kg
  Gold Gabriela Rueda   Buenos Aires 2018   Roller speed skating Girls' combined
  Gold Jhony Angulo   Buenos Aires 2018   Roller speed skating Boys' combined
  Gold Daniel Restrepo   Buenos Aires 2018   Diving Boys' 3m springboard
  Gold Valeria Cabezas   Buenos Aires 2018   Athletics Girls' 400 m hurdles
  Silver Yineth Santoya   Buenos Aires 2018   Weightlifting Girls' 48 kg
  Silver Kely Junkar   Buenos Aires 2018   Weightlifting Girls' 53 kg
  Silver Mixed Double Team
Camila Osorio
Nicolás Mejía
  Buenos Aires 2018   Tennis Mixed doubles
  Bronze Mixed BMX Cycling Team
Gabriela Bolle
Juan Ramírez
  Buenos Aires 2018   Cycling Mixed BMX racing
  Bronze Estiven Villar   Buenos Aires 2018   Weightlifting Boys' 62 kg
  Bronze Camila Osorio   Buenos Aires 2018   Tennis Girls' singles

Medalists by Winter Games

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
  Silver Diego Amaya   Lausanne 2020   Speed skating Boys' Mass Start

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Nuestro futuro olímpico está asegurado - ELESPECTADOR.COM". 14 October 2018.
  2. ^ Cali, Casa Editorial El País. "Michael Poettoz buscará izar la bandera colombiana en Noruega".
  3. ^ "Michael Poettoz's plot to put Colombian winter sports on the map". 21 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Buenos Aires elected as Host City for 2018 Youth Olympic Games". 21 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Cinco medallas, en Singapur 2010". www.coc.org.co. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  6. ^ "El ciclismo le da a Colombia su primer oro en los Olímpicos de la Juventud". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). 2014-08-22. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  7. ^ "Colombia, rumbo a las mejores olimpiadas juveniles de su historia". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  8. ^ "¿Qué hacen los medallistas de Singapur-2010?". www.elcolombiano.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  9. ^ Colombia.com, Redacción (2014-09-01). "Colombia cerró su participación en Nanjing 2014". Colombia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-01-07.