Bulgaria at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Bulgaria participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Bulgaria at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeBUL
NOCBulgarian Olympic Committee
Websitehttp://www.bgolympic.org/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors24 in 14 sports
Medals
Ranked 34th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
6
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

Athletics

Badminton

Bulgaria qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[1]

Singles
AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BMRank
Opposition
Score
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Score
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Score
RankOpposition
Score
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Score
Opposition
Score
Maria DelchevaGirls' Singles  Akoumba Ze (CMR)
W 2–0
 Prozorova (UKR)
W 2–0
  (VIE)
L 0–2
2did not advance9
Team
AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BMRank
Opposition
Score
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Score
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Score
RankOpposition
Score
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Score
Team Alpha
 Maria Delcheva (BUL)
 Lakshya Sen (IND)
 Giovanni Toti (ITA)
 Vannthoun Vath (CAM)
 Brian Yang (CAN)
 Hasini Nusaka Ambalangodage (SRI)
 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

Boxing

AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal / RMRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Goryanana StoevaGirls' -51 kg  Kholmatova (UZB)
W 5–0
 Gbadamosi (NGR)
L 1–4
 Garcia (USA)
L 0–5
4

Fencing

Bulgaria qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.[2]

  • Girls' Sabre – Yoana Ilieva

Gymnastics

Acrobatic

Bulgaria qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship.[3]

  • Mixed pair – 1 team of 2 athletes

Rhythmic

Bulgaria qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on its performance at the European qualification event.[4]

  • Girls' rhythmic individual all-around – 1 quota

Judo

Individual
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRep 1Rep 2Rep 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Aleksa GeorgievaGirls' 44 kg  Vusala Karimova (AZE)
L 00-10
did not advance  Soniya Bhatta (NEP)
W 10-00
 Erza Muminoviq (KOS)
L 00-10s1
did not advance
Team
AthletesEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Team Atlanta
 Tiguidanke Camara (GUI)
 Aleksa Georgieva (BUL)
 Vusala Karimova (AZE)
 Adrián Medero (PUR)
 Rok Pogorevc (SLO)
 Fatine Rzal (MAR)
 Adrian Sulca (ROU)
 Antonio Tornal (DOM)
Mixed team  Team Barcelona (MIX)
W 4–3
 Team Barcelona (MIX)
L 3–4
did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Shooting

Bulgaria qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 European Championships. They also qualified a rifle sport shooter based on its performance at the 2018 European Championships.[5]

  • Boys' 10m Air Rifle – 1 quota
  • Boys' 10m Air Pistol – 1 quota
Individual
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Plamen EmilovBoys' 10 metre air rifle612.416did not advance
Kiril KirovBoys' 10 metre air pistol562-14x11did not advance
Team
AthletesEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BMRank
PointsRankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
 Wang Zeru (CHN)
 Plamen Emilov (BUL)
Mixed 10 metre air rifle819.813Q  Kemppi (FIN)
 Firmapaz (ARG)
L 9–10
did not advance14
 Vanessa Seeger (GER)
 Kiril Kirov (BUL)
Mixed 10 metre air pistol7543 Q  Nicolas (FRA)
 Miller (GBR)
W 10–5
 Juana Rueda Vargas (COL)
 Jan Luca Karstedt (GER)
W 10–5
 Al-Kaabi (IRQ)
 Son (BEL)
W 10–6
 Bhaker (IND)
 Fayzullaev (TJK)
W 10–3

Sport climbing

Bulgaria qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships.[6]

  • Boys' combined – 1 quota (Petar Ivanov)

Swimming

Tennis

Key

Singles
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Adrian AndreevBoys' singles  López Montagud (ESP)
W (77-64, 3–6, 6–2)
 Erel (TUR)
W (6–3, 5–7, 6–3)
 Jianu (ROU)
W (6–2, 6–4)
 Díaz Acosta (ARG)
L (4–6, 1–6)
 Soares Klier Júnior (BRA)
L (4–6, 1r-3)
4
Doubles
AthletesEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Adrian Andreev
 Rinky Hijikata (AUS)
Boys' doubles  Henning (RSA) /
 N'tcha (BEN)
W (6–2, 7–64)
 Mejía (COL) /
 Soares Klier Júnior (BRA)
W (7–66, 4–6, [10–7])
 Gaston (FRA) /
 Tabur (FRA)
W (6–1, 6–4)
 Báez (ARG) /
 Díaz Acosta (ARG)
L (4–6, 4–6)
 Viktoriia Dema (UKR)
Adrian Andreev
Mixed doubles  Sun (SUI) /
 Wenger (SUI)
L (3-6, 63-7)
did not advance17

Weightlifting

Bulgaria qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Championships.[7]

Boy
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Hristo Hristov+85 kg17312062379
Girl
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Galya Shatova−63 kg9021113201

Wrestling

Key:
  • VSU – Without any point scored by the opponent
  • VSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
  • VPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
AthleteEventGroup stageFinal / RMRank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Edmond NazaryanBoys' Greco-Roman −45kg  Dehbozorgi (IRI)
L 1 – 3 VPO1
 Shaaban (EGY)
W 14 – 5 VSU1
2 Q  Zakirbayev (TKM)
W 8 – 0 VSU

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