Sweden at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Sweden at the Youth Olympic Games

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IOC code  SWE
NOC Swedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (Swedish) (English)
At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing
Competitors 33 in 13 sports
Flag bearer Emma Rask
Medals
Rank: 42
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
6
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Sweden is scheduled to participate at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing from 16 to 28 August 2014. 32 athletes have been selected to compete at the games.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Kinhult, MarcusMarcus Kinhult
Ström, LinneaLinnea Ström
Golf Mixed team 26 August
 Silver Islas Flygare, LinusLinus Islas Flygare Fencing Boys' épée 18 August
 Silver Kinhult, MarcusMarcus Kinhult Golf Boys' individual 21 August
 Bronze Linde, ÅsaÅsa Linde Fencing Girls' épée 18 August
 Bronze women's national under-18 handball team, SwedenSweden women's national under-18 handball team
Albana Arifi Thess Krönell
Julia Bardis Emma Lindqvist
Hanna Blomstrand Olivia Mellegård
Joumana Chaddad Isabella Mouratidou
Emma Ekenman-Fernis Emma Rask
Sofia Hvenfelt Julia Sandell
Anna Johansson Lina Wessberg
Handball Girls' tournament 25 August
 Bronze Alexiusson, AgnesAgnes Alexiusson Boxing Girls' 60 kg 25 August

Medalists in mixed NOCs events

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Ågren, FilipFilip Ågren Equestrian Team jumping 20 August
 Bronze Islas Flygare, LinusLinus Islas Flygare
Linde, ÅsaÅsa Linde
Fencing Mixed team 20 August

Boxing

One boxer will compete for Sweden at the games after her performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships.[2]

Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Agnes Alexiusson Girls' 60 kg BYE  Jajaira Gonzalez (USA)
L 0–2
 Esra Yildiz (TUR)
W 3–0
3rd

Diving

Sweden secured a quota place at the qualifying event in Guadalajara at 2 March 2014.[3]

Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Veronica Lindahl Girls' 3 m springboard 386.10 9 Q 374.05 11
 Veronica Lindahl (SWE)
 Yang Hao (CHN)
Mixed team N/A 299.85 9

Equestrian

One athlete are qualified for the equestrian events.[4]

Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Total Rank
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Jump Time Jump Time
Filip Ågren Abel Individual jumping 4 4 =16 Did not start
Europe
 Jake Saywell (GBR)
 Michael Duffy (IRL)
 Matias Alvaro (ITA)
 Lisa Nooren (NED)
Filip Ågren (SWE)
Galaxy
Commander
Montelini
For The Sun
Abel
Team Jumping (8)
0
0
(8)
0
(0)
0
0
(0)
0
1 (4)
0
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
0
(0)
0
1 0 1st

Fencing

Two fencers have qualified based on the result from the 2014 Cadet World Championships.[5]

Athlete Event Pool Round Seed Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Linus Islas Flygare Boys' épée  Ivan Limarev (RUS)
W
3  Mohammad Shaheen (SYR)
W 15–4
 Kei Hsu Chien (HKG)
W 15–6
 Justin Yoo (USA)
W 15–9
 Patrik Esztergalyos (HUN)
L 8–15
2nd
 Patrik Esztergalyos (HUN)
L
 Samuel Unterhauser (GER)
W
 Mohammad Shaheen (SYR)
W
 Kei Hsu Chien (HKG)
L
 Ibrahim Djibo Hassane (NIG)
W
Åsa Linde Girls' épée  Shirwit Gaber (EGY)
W
1 BYE  Inna Brovko (UKR)
W 15–14
 Sinhee Lee (KOR)
L 10–15
 Catherine Nixon (USA)
W 15–8
3rd
 Kinka Nagy (HUN)
W
 Anna Maria Mroszczak (POL)
L
 Sinhee Lee (KOR)
W
 Balqis Alqudah (JOR)
W
Europe 2
Åsa Linde (SWE)
 Anna Szymczak (POL)
 Chiara Crovari (ITA)
Linus Islas Flygare (SWE)
 Enguerand Roger (FRA)
 Marios Giakoumatos (GRE)
Mixed Team N/A BYE  Americas 1 (MIX)
W 30–24
 Asia-Oceania 1 (MIX)
L 29–30
 Asia-Oceania 2 (MIX)
W 30–25
3rd

Golf

Sweden qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.[6]

Individual
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
Score Rank Score Total Rank Score Total Rank Score Rank
Marcus Kinhult Boys 66 =1 72 138 =3 69 207 2 207 (–9) 2nd
Linnea Ström Girls 75 =19 73 148 =13 73 221 =12 221 (5) =12
Team
Athletes Event Round 1
(Foursome)
Round 2
(Fourball)
Round 3
(Individual Stroke)
Total
Score Rank Score Total Rank Boy Girl Total Rank Score Rank
Marcus Kinhult
Linnea Ström
Mixed 65 =6 67 132 =2 70 70 140 =5 272 (–16) 1st

Gymnastics

Athlete Event Floor Pommel Horse Rings Vault Parallel Bars Horizontal Bar Total
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Kim Wanström Boys' qualification 12.550 31 11.850 26 12.150 28 13.400 12.950 16 12.350 23 75.250 22

Handball

Sweden won the 2013 European Women's Youth Championships and qualified for the Youth Olympic Games.[7]

Girls' Tournament

Roster
  • Joumana Chaddad
  • Thess Krönell
  • Emma Ekenman-Fernis
  • Albana Arifi
  • Sofia Hvenfelt
  • Emma Lindqvist
  • Julia Bardis
  • Lina Wessberg
  • Olivia Mellegård
  • Anna Johansson
  • Hanna Blomstrand
  • Isabella Mouratidou
  • Julia Sandell
  • Emma Rask
Group Stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sweden 2 2 0 0 71 38 +33 4
Brazil 2 1 0 1 56 50 +6 2
China 2 0 0 2 32 71 −39 0
20 August
16:00
China 14–39 Sweden Jiangning Sports Centre Gymnasium, Nanjing
Referees: Karim Gasmi, Raof Gasmi (France)
Shanshan (5) (8–20) Fernis, Mellegård, Blomstrand (7)
Report

22 August
16:00
Sweden 32–24 Brazil Jiangning Sports Centre Gymnasium, Nanjing
Referees: Mariko Shimajiri, Tomoko Ota (Japan)
Mellegård (7) (16–11) de Paula, Carneiro (6)
Report

Semifinal
24 August
13:00
Sweden 24–25 South Korea Jiangning Sports Centre Gymnasium, Nanjing
Referees: Arthur Brunner, Morad Salah (Switzerland)
Ekenman-Fernis (10) (10–11) Kang (6)
Report

Bronze medal game
25 August
13:00
Brazil 16–23 Sweden 3rd Jiangning Sports Centre Gymnasium, Nanjing
Referees: Mariko Shimajiri, Tomoko Ota (Japan)
Rodrigues Arruda (5) (5–11) Blomstrand, Bardis, Rask (4)
Report

Judo

Individual
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Rep 1 Rep 2 Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Nellie Einstein Girls' 52 kg  Liu Xiaoyu (CHN)
W 011–001
 Khulan Tseregbaatar (MGL)
W 000S1–000
 Layana Colman (BRA)
L 000S2–010
Did not advance  Liu Xiaoyu (CHN)
L 000–001
Did not advance
Team
Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Team Yamashita
 Frank de Wit (NED)
 Nellie Einstein (SWE)
 Sandrine Mbazoghe Endamne (GAB)
 Lubjana Piovesana (GBR)
 Sara Rodriguez (ESP)
 Tsogtbaatar Tsend-Ochir (MGL)
 Jorre Verstraeten (BEL)
Mixed Team  Team Douillet (MIX)
L 3112 – 3200
Did not advance 9

Sailing

Sweden qualified one boat based on its performance at the Byte CII European Continental Qualifiers.[8]

Athlete Event Race Net
Points
Final
Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 M*
Arvid Nordquist Boys' Byte CII (23) 9 17 15 17 20 5 18 101 16

Swimming

Sweden has been assigned eight quota places by FINA, but decided to compete with only six athletes.[9]

Athletes Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Position Time Position Time Position
Isak Eliasson Boys’ 50 m freestyle 23.37 12 Q 23.40 15 Did not advance
Boys’ 100 m freestyle 51.96 24 Did not advance
Petter Fredriksson Boys’ 50 m backstroke 26.72 15 Q 26.36 13 Did not advance
Boys’ 100 m backstroke 56.96 16 Q 57.11 15 Did not advance
Boys’ 200 m backstroke 2:06.48 21 N/A Did not advance
Jessica Billquist Girls’ 50 m breaststroke 32.55 13 Q 32.73 13 Did not advance
Girls’ 100 m breaststroke 1:12.06 17 Did not advance
Sophie Hansson Girls’ 50 m breaststroke 32.38 8 Q 32.02 4 Q 32.01 5
Girls’ 100 m breaststroke 1:11.32 13 Q 1:10.49 11 Did not advance
Jaqueline Hippi Girls’ 100 m freestyle 57.67 20 Did not advance
Girls’ 200 m freestyle 2:06.59 26 N/A Did not advance
Girls’ 200 m individual medley 2:20.84 17 N/A Did not advance
Sara Wallberg Girls’ 200 m breaststroke 2:34.00 9 N/A Did not advance
Isak Eliasson
Petter Fredriksson
Sophie Hansson
Jaqueline Hippi
Mixed 4 x 100 m medley relay 4:03.09 14 N/A Did not advance

Table tennis

Elias Ranefur secured a quota place at the Road to Nanjing Series in Avarua.[10]

Singles
Athlete Event Group Stage Rank Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Elias Ranefur Boys  Dominic Huang (AUS)
W 3–0
3 qB  Krishnateja Avvari (USA)
W 3–1
 Kerem Ben Yahia (TUN)
W 3–0
 Yin Jing Yuan (SIN)
W 3–2
 Abhishek Yadav (IND)
W 3–1
17
 Hugo Calderano (BRA)
L 1–3
 Fermin Tenti (ARG)
L 2–3
Team
Athletes Event Group Stage Rank Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Europe 2
 Nicole Trosman (ISR)
Elias Ranefur (SWE)
Mixed  Florence Seera (UGA)
 Christ Bienatiki (CGO)
W 3–0 (WO)
2 Q  Maria Lorenzotti (URU)
 Hugo Calderano (BRA)
W 2–1
 Miyu Kato (JPN)
 Yuto Muramatsu (JPN)
L 0–2
Did not advance =5
 Chiu Ssu-Hua (TPE)
 Yang Heng-Wei (TPE)
L 0–3
 Lily Zhang (USA)
 Krishnateja Avvari (USA)
W 2–1

Qualification Legend: Q=Main Bracket (medal); qB=Consolation Bracket (non-medal)

Taekwondo

At the YOG qualifying event in Taipei at 20 March 2014, Patricia Stirner secured a quota place for Sweden after finishing in sixth place in girls' 49 kg event.[11]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Patricia Striner Girls' 49 kg  Mitzi Carrillo (MEX)
L 1–13
Did not advance 9

Tennis

Sweden qualified one athlete based on the 9 June 2014 ITF World Junior Rankings.[12]

Singles
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Daniel Appelgren Boys' singles  Francisco Bahamonde (ARG)
L 1–2
Did not advance
Doubles
Athletes Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Daniel Appelgren (SWE)
 Petar Čonkić (SRB)
Boys' doubles N/A  André Bíró (HUN)
 Clement Geens (BEL)
L 1–2
Did not advance
 Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT)
Daniel Appelgren (SWE)
Mixed doubles  Ivana Jorović (SRB)
 Petar Čonkić (SRB)
W 2–1
 Fanni Stollár (HUN)
 Kamil Majchrzak (POL)
L 1–2
Did not advance

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