Cuba at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Cuba at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeCUB
NOCCuban Olympic Committee
in Nanjing
Competitors12 in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 35th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
4
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Cuba competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Javier Ibáñez Boxing Boys' -56 kg 27 August
 Gold Yordan Hernández Boxing Boys' -91 kg 27 August
 Silver Alain Limonta Boxing Boys' -60 kg 27 August
 Bronze Ivan Felipe Silva Morales Judo Boys' -81 kg 18 August

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Cuba qualified a female archer from its performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships.[1][2]

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
Rosangel Sainz Rodriguez Girls' Individual 602 28  Melanie Gaubil (FRA)
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
 Rosangel Sainz Rodriguez (CUB)
 Luis Tapia (MEX) 		Mixed Team 1283 18  Freywald (GER)
 Zolkepeli (MAS)
L 3-5 		Did not advance 17

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Cuba qualified three boxers based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships[3]

Boys
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Javier Ibáñez -56 kg  Said (TUN)
W 3-0 		 McGrail (GBR)
W 2-1 		 Mihaylov (BUL)
W 3-0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Alain Limonta -60 kg Bye  Hosaka (JPN)
W 3-0 		 Zhussupov (KAZ)
L 1-2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yordan Hernández -91 kg  Marton (UKR)
W 3-0 		 Gallagher (IRL)
W 3-0 		 Filipi (CRO)
W 2-1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Cuba qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.[4]

Boys
Athlete Event Qualification Repechage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Hector Bouza Leyva K1 slalom 1:20.322 9 Q — 1:22.509 10 Did not advance 10
K1 sprint 1:37.696 7 Q — 1:36.729 5 Q  Daineka (BLR)
1:35.219 L 		Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Cuba qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships.[5]

Individual
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Rep 1 Rep 2 Rep 3 Rep 4 Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Ivan Felipe Silva Morales Boys' -81 kg —  Kovac (CRO)
W 100-000 		 Kovac (NED)
L 001-010 		Did not advance —  Egutidze (POR)
W 101-000 		 Bubanja (AUT)
W 000-000 		 Majdov (SRB)
W 010-000 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Team
Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Team Van De Walle
 Paola Acevedo (PUR)
 Leyla Aliyeva (AZE)
 Nokutula Banda (ZAM)
 Marco Montoya (COL)
 Ivan Silva Morales (CUB)
 Unelle Snyman (RSA)
 Peta Zadro (BIH) 		Mixed Team Bye  Team Geesink (MIX)
L 3 – 4 		Did not advance 5

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Cuba qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships. Later Cuba qualified another boat based on its performance at the Latin American Qualification Regatta.[6]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Orlando Sotolongo Boys' Single Sculls 3:25.11 1 SA/B — 3:24.33 3 FA 3:32.14 6
Ilianny Roman Olivera Girls' Single Sculls 3:51.70 3 R 3:52.30 3 SC/D 3:58.09 1 FC 4:01.70 13

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; R=Repechage

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Cuba qualified three swimmers.[7]

Boys
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Luis Vega Torres 400 m freestyle 4:11.37 31 Did not advance
800 m freestyle — 8:31.85 21
Huberto del Rio Casin 200 m butterfly 2:03.41 11 Did not advance
Girls
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Elisbet Gamez Matos 50 m freestyle 26.85 24 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 57.25 15 Q 57.11 15 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 2:02.73 14 — Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Cuba qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 American Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[8]

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (750m) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) Total Time Rank
Victor Herrera de la Hoz Boys 09:28 00:43 29:56 00:30 20:35 1:01:12 26
Relay
Athlete Event Total Times per Athlete
(Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km,
Run 1.8 km) 		Total Group Time Rank
World Team 1
 Jessica Romero Tinoco (MEX)
 Victor Manuel Herrera de la Hoz (CUB)
 Sofiya Pryyma (UKR)
 Philip Horwarth (AUT) 		Mixed Relay 23:58
21:07
23:07
20:52 		1:29:04 10

References

  1. ^ "Youth Olympics Games-2014 Qualification Places Boys" (PDF). World Archery Federation. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Youth Olympics Games-2014 Qualification Places Girls" (PDF). World Archery Federation. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Meet the Qualified Athletes for Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games". AIBA. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  4. ^ "2014 Youth Olympics Games Qualification" (PDF). ICF. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  5. ^ "2014 YOG IJF Athlete List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  6. ^ "2014 YOG Qualification: Rowing" (PDF). FISA. 4 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Number of Entries by NOC: Swimming". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  8. ^ "2014 American YOG Qualifier". ITU. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.