Kosovo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Kosovo participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. This was the country's Youth Olympic Games debut.

Kosovo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	KOS
NOC	Olympic Committee of Kosovo
Website	http://www.noc-kosovo.org/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	5 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 83rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2018

Medals

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Erza Muminoviq	Judo	Girls' -44 kg	7 October
Bronze	Erza Muminoviq	Judo	Mixed team	10 October

Competitors

Sports	Boys	Girls	Total	Events
Athletics	1	0	1	1
Boxing	1	0	1	1
Judo	1	0	1	1
Swimming	0	1	1	1
Weightlifting	1	0	1	1
Total	4	1	5	5

Athletics

The athlete Muhamet Ramadani was included in the shot thanks to an initiative by the European Athletics Association.[1][2]

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Muhamet Ramadani	Boys' shot put	18.53	9	16.48	15	35.01	12

Boxing

Kosovo received an invitation of the International Olympic Committee to participate in the boxing tournament.[1]

• Boys' 64 kg - Erdonis Maliqi[2]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminary R1	Preliminary R2	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Erdonis Maliqi	-64 kg	Boulaouja (MAR) L 2–3	Shaiken (KAZ) L WO	Did not advance	Jones (USA) NC	6

Judo

Kosovo qualified one athlete, based on their performance at the U18 European Championship.[1]

• Girls' 44 kg - Erza Muminovic

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Rep 1	Rep 2	Rep 3	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Erza Muminoviq	Girls' -44 kg	Bye	Tababi Devi Thangjam (IND) L 00-01s2	Did not advance	Bye	Aleksa Georgieva (BUL) W 10s1-00	Vusala Karimova (AZE) W 10s2-00s2	Anastasia Balaban (UKR) W 10-00

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Rio de Janeiro  Milana Charygulyyeva (TKM)  Yassamine Djellab (ALG)  Metka Lobnik (SLO)  Erza Muminoviq (KOS)  Abrek Naguchev (RUS)  Fleury Nihozeko (BUR)  Jamshed Sulaimoni (TJK)  Sultan Zhenishbekov (KGZ)	Mixed team	Team Sydney (MIX) W 4–3	Team Atlanta (MIX) W 5–4	Team Athens (MIX) L 3–5	Did not advance

Swimming

Kosovo received an invitation of the IOC to participate in the swimming competitions.[1]

• Girls' 100 m Breaststroke - Melisa Zhdrella[1][2]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Melisa Zhdrella	50 m backstroke	35.44	35	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Kosovo was given a quota by the tripartite committee to compete in weightlifting.[3]

• Boys' events - Bleron Fetaovski[2]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bleron Fetaovski	−77 kg	87	8	103	9	190	9

References

1. "KOSOVO WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES FOR THE FIRST TIME". European Olympic Committees. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
2. "Cinco para el debut de Kosovo". Buenos Aires 2018. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
3. "Universality Places Selected (Weightlifting)" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.