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Colombia at the
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Colombia at the; 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	COL
NOC	Colombian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpicocol.co (in Spanish)
in Lausanne, Switzerland; January 10–22
Competitors	2 in 2 sports
Medals; Ranked 27th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
	2016; 2020; 2024;

Colombia competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland from 10 to 22 January 2020. They competed with 2 athletes in 2 sports.

Diego Amaya won the silver medal in the boys' mass start speed skating. This was the first time in history that an athlete from a tropical nation and a Latin American won a medal at an Olympic winter event.^[1]

Medalists

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Diego Amaya	Speed skating	Boys' mass start	16 January

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maude Crossland	Girls'	1:15.89	14	1:16.26	16	2:32.15	15

Colombia qualified one male speed skater.^[2]^[3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Diego Amaya	500 m	37.05	4
Diego Amaya	1500 m	1:55.80	4

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Diego Amaya	Boys' mass start	4	5:55.21	6 Q	20	6:30.33

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Team 13 Karyna Shypulia (BLR) Alina Dauranova (KAZ) Xue Zhiwen (CHN) Diego Amaya (COL)	Mixed team sprint	Disqualified

^ Adriaanse, Jeroen (17 January 2022). "Speed skater Amaya Martinez wins first Winter Olympic medal for Colombia". www.medium.com. Medium. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
^ "ISU Communication 2295 - Entries/Participation Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ "Colombia clasificó por primera vez a los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de la Juventud" [Colombia qualified for the first time at the Youth Olympic Winter Games]. www.lanotapositiva.com/ (in Spanish). Emotions Media Group. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.