Italy at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Italy qualified one archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.^[1]

Individual

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

Team

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

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)

Italy qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.^[2]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Giovanni Toti	Boys' Singles	Carraggi (BEL) W 2–1	Li (CHN) L 0–2	Toledano (ESP) L 0–2	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 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

Italy qualified a boys' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.^[3]

• 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					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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

Skills Competition

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

Athletes

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

Italy qualified a girls' team based on their performance at 2017-18 European Youth Continental Cup Final.^[4]

• Girls' tournament - 1 team of 2 athletes, Bertozzi Nicol, Scampoli Claudia

Athlete	Event	Group stage		Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
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

Italy qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2017 Youth Women's World Boxing Championships.^[5]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminary R1	Preliminary R2	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Martina La Piana	-51 kg	Gulia (IND) W 5-0	Garcia (USA) W 4–1	Gbadamosi (NGR) W 5–0

Italy qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.^[6]

• Girls' K1 - Zironi Lucrezia

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Last 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lucrezia Zironi	Girls' K1 sprint	1:56.53	7	Bye		Delassus (FRA) W 2:01.62	Sukhanova (KAZ) L 1:54.56	Did not advance
	Girls' K1 slalom	1:27.90	14	1:23.79	1	Luknárová (SVK) L 1:29.73	Did not advance

Italy qualified a boys' and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings.^[7][8]

• Boys' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes
• Girls' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes

Italy qualified two dancers based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.^[9][10]

• B-Boys - Mattia Schinco aka Bad Matty
• B-Girls - Lexy

Italy qualified a rider based on its performance at the FEI European Junior Jumping Championships.^[11]

• Individual Jumping - Giacomo Casadei 1 athlete

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Total		Jump off
			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

Italy qualified five athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship but only three will compete.^[12]

• Boys' Épée - Davide Di Veroli (Italian flagbearer)
• Boys' Foil - Filippo Macchi
• Girls' Épée - Sara Kowalczyk (*)
• Girls' Foil - Martina Favaretto
• Girls' Sabre - Benedetta Taricco (*)

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Bronze medal playoff	Total
		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

Italy qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship.^[13]

• Boys' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota
• Girls' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota

Girls

Individual finals

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

Italy qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on its performance at the European qualification event.^[14]

• Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Rep 1	Rep 2	Rep 3	Final / BM
		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			Nahomys Acosta (CUB) L 00s1-01s1	4

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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

Italy qualified one athlete based on the rankings in the Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standings.^[15]

• Boys' -68 kg - Rosario Ruggiero

Athlete	Event	Pool Matches				Semifinal	Final / BM
		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

Italy qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[16] Italy qualified a second female based on its performance at the 2018 Youth A World Championship.^[17] The nation must choose between the two girls.

• Boys' Individual - Giorgio Malan
• Girls' Individual - Beatrice Mercuri or Alice Rinaudo

Italy qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship.^[18]

• Boys' combined speed event - Vincenzo Maiorca
• Girls' combined speed event - Giorgia Valanzano

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.^[19]

• Boys' pair - 1 boat Castelnovo Nicolas, Zamariola Alberto
• Girls' pair – 1 boat Alajdi El Idrissi Khadija, Tonoli Vittoria

Italy qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Techno 293+ Championships.^[20][21] Italy qualified an additional boat based on its performance at the 2018 IKA Twin Tip Racing Youth World Championship.^[22] A Nacra 15 boat was qualified based on their performance at the 2018 Nacra 15 World Championships.^[23][24]

• Boys' Techno 293+ - 1 boat
• Girls' Techno 293+ - 1 boat
• Girls' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat
• Mixed Nacra 15 - 1 boat

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.^[25]

• Girls' 10m Air Rifle - 1 quota
• Girls' 10m Air Pistol - 1 quota

Individual

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		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
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

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.^[26][27]

• Boys' combined - 2 quotas (Filip Schenk, Pietro Biagini)
• Girls' combined - 2 quotas (Laura Rogora, Giorgia Tesio)

Italy qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Latin America) series.^[28]

• Boys' singles - Matteo Mutti
• Girls' singles - Jamila Laurenti

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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				17
Elisabetta Cocciaretto	Girls' singles	Bilokin (UKR) W (6-2, 6-4)	Osorio (COL) L (6-1, 62-7, 5-7)	Did not advance			9

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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			9
Elisabetta Cocciaretto  Sylvie Zünd (LIE)	Girls' doubles	—	Juvan (SLO) /  Świątek (POL) L (0-6, 2-6)	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			9