Nigeria at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Nigeria at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	NGR
NOC	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.nigerianoc.org/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	17 in 8 sports
Medals Ranked 48th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 0 Total 4
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Athletics

Boys

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Alaba Olukunle Akintola	100 m	10.76	2	10.24	2	21.00

Field events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Ineh Oritsemeyiwa	Triple jump	16.34	2	15.51	6	31.85

Girls

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Rosemary Chukuma	100 m	12.03	3	11.17	1	23.20
Favour Ofili	400 m	57.51	13	55.51	5	1:53.02	10

Field events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Victory George	Long jump	5.58	11	5.71	11	11.29	11

Badminton

Nigeria was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee.[1]

• Girls' singles – 1 quota

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Aminat Oluwafunke Ilori	Girls' Singles	Chaiwan (THA) L (1–21, 4–21)	Jiménez (DOM) L (17–21, 9–21)	Ambalangodage (SRI) L (8–21, 9–21)	4	Did not advance			9

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Team Epsilon  Aminat Oluwafunke Ilori (NGR)  Chen Shiau-cheng (TPE)  Fabricio Farias (BRA)  Nguyễn Hải Đăng (VIE)  Tomas Toledano (ESP)  Goh Jin Wei (MAS)  Vlada Gînga (MDA)  Nazlıcan İnci (TUR)	Mixed Teams	Alpha (MIX) L (98–110)	Zeta (MIX) L (89–110)	Delta (MIX) W (110–108)	4Q	Omega (MIX) L (102–110)	Did not advance		5

Boxing

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Adijat Gbadamosi	-51 kg	Bye	Stoeva (BUL) W 4–1	La Piana (ITA) L 0–5
Fatimo Aramokola	-60 kg	Lawson (AUS) L 0–5	Did not advance		5

Canoeing

Nigeria qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.[2]

• Girls' C1 - 1 boat
• Girls' K1 - 1 boat

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Blessing Toboh Amusar	C1 sprint	2:28.59	9	2:34.37	3	Gonczol (HUN) L 2:32.75	Did not advance
	C1 slalom	2:01.24	10	DNF	8	Hein (USA) L DSQ	Did not advance
	K1 sprint	1:41.04	11	DSQ	11	Did not advance
	K1 slalom	1:23.53	7	Bye		Bello (NGR) W 1:25.00	Lewandowski (GER) L 1:24.21	Did not advance
Ayomide Emmanuel Bello	C1 sprint	2:32.35	10	2:25.62	1	Fayzieva (UZB) L 2:23.12	Did not advance
	C1 slalom	1:31.18	5	Bye		Marusava (BLR) W 1:35.15	Delassus (FRA) L 1:34.03	Did not advance
	K1 sprint	2:11.61	15	2:14.68	8	D'Estefano (ARG) L DSQ	Did not advance
	K1 slalom	1:25.73	11	1:29.99	6	Amusar (NGR) L 1:29.12	Did not advance

Golf

Nigeria received a quota of two athletes to compete by the tripartite committee.[3]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Georgia Oboh	Girls' Individual	81 (+11)	25	82 (+12)	163	29	71 (+1)	234	2	234	+24	22
Jordan Thompson	Boys' Individual	101 (+31)	32	87 (+17)	188	32	89 (+19)	277	31	277	+67	31

Team

Athletes	Event	Round 1 (Fourball)		Round 2 (Foursome)		Round 3 (Individual Stroke)				Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Girl	Boy	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Georgia Oboh Jordan Thompson	Mixed team	71 (+1)	30	79 (+9)	25	76	87	163 (+23)	31	313	+33	30

Table tennis

Nigeria qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the African Continental Qualifier.[4]

• Girls' singles - Esther Oribamise

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Islamiyat Yusuf	Girls' -58 kg	78	4	95	4	173	4

Wrestling

Based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships Nigeria has two female wrestlers in a qualifying position.[5][6]

Key:

• VFA – Victory by Fall
• VSU – Without any points scored by the opponent
• VSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
• VPO – Without any points scored by the opponent
• VPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Christianah Ogunsanya	Girls' freestyle −43kg	Martinez (BRA) L 9 – 6 ^VFA	Vigouroux (FRA) L 0 – 1 ^VPO	Nazarova (AZE) L 0 – 6 ^VFA	Shilson (USA) L 0 – 2 ^VFA	5 Q	Derry (NZL) W WO	9
Sunmisola Balogun	Girls' freestyle −65kg	Nabaina (CMR) W 10 – 0 ^VSU	Vesso (EST) W 7 – 0 ^VPO	Chudyk (UKR) L 1 – 2 ^VPO1	Sghaier (TUN) W 9 – 0 ^VPO	2 Q	Tamir (MGL) L 4 – 15 ^VSU1	4

References

1. "Youth Olympic Qualifiers updated 8 June WS" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
2. "Nine countries set to make YOG canoeing debut". International Canoe Federation (ICF). 21 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
3. "Qualification and Rankings". IGF. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
4. "Rising to the challenge, Esther Oribamise qualifies for 2018 Youth Olympic Games". ITTF. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
5. "2018 African Championships". UWW. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
6. "Qualification System: Wrestling" (PDF). UWW. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.