Kosovo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Kosovo at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Kosovo at the; 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	KOS
NOC	Olympic Committee of Kosovo
Website	http://www.noc-kosovo.org/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina; 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	5 in 5 sports
Medals; Ranked 83rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
	2018;

Kosovo participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. This was the country's Youth Olympic Games debut.

Medals

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Erza Muminoviq	Judo	Girls' -44 kg	7 October
Bronze	Erza Muminoviq	Judo	Mixed team	10 October

Competitors


Sports	Boys	Girls	Total	Events
Athletics	1	0	1	1
Boxing	1	0	1	1
Judo	0	1	1	1
Swimming	0	1	1	1
Weightlifting	1	0	1	1
Total	3	2	5	5

Athletics

The athlete Muhamet Ramadani was included in the shot thanks to an initiative by the European Athletics Association.^[1]^[2]

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Muhamet Ramadani	Boys' shot put	18.53	9	16.48	15	35.01	12

Boxing

Kosovo received an invitation of the International Olympic Committee to participate in the boxing tournament.^[1]

Boys' 64 kg - Erdonis Maliqi^[2]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminary R1	Preliminary R2	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Erdonis Maliqi	-64 kg	Boulaouja (MAR) L 2–3	Shaiken (KAZ) L WO	Did not advance	Jones (USA) NC	6

Judo

Kosovo qualified one athlete, based on their performance at the U18 European Championship.^[1]

Girls' 44 kg - Erza Muminovic

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Rep 1	Rep 2	Rep 3	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Erza Muminoviq	Girls' -44 kg	Bye	Tababi Devi Thangjam (IND) L 00-01s2	Did not advance	Bye	Aleksa Georgieva (BUL) W 10s1-00	Vusala Karimova (AZE) W 10s2-00s2	Anastasia Balaban (UKR) W 10-00

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Rio de Janeiro Milana Charygulyyeva (TKM) Yassamine Djellab (ALG) Metka Lobnik (SLO) Erza Muminoviq (KOS) Abrek Naguchev (RUS) Fleury Nihozeko (BUR) Jamshed Sulaimoni (TJK) Sultan Zhenishbekov (KGZ)	Mixed team	Team Sydney (MIX) W 4–3	Team Atlanta (MIX) W 5–4	Team Athens (MIX) L 3–5	Did not advance