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Ireland at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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Ireland at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeIRL
NOCOlympic Council of Ireland
Websitewww.olympicsport.ie
in Nanjing
Competitors16 in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 58th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

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

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Michael Duffy Equestrian Team Jumping
(part of a Mixed-NOC team Europe)
20 Aug
 Silver Ciara Ginty Boxing Women's Light 60kg 26 Aug
 Silver Robert Hendrick Canoeing Boys' C1 slalom 27 Aug
 Bronze Michael Gallagher Boxing Men's Heavy 91kg 25 Aug

Athletics

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Ireland qualified five athletes.[1]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys
Field Events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Eoin Sheridan Discus throw 53.63 12 qB 51.19 5
Adam King Hammer throw 71.91 PB 8 Q 71.49 8
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Roseanna McGuckian 200 m 24.77 3 qB 25.15 5
Louis Shanahan 800 m 2:09.58 2 Q 2:08.29 PB 6
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Michaela Walsh Shot put 15.59 7 Q 15.69 PB 6

Boxing

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Ireland qualified three boxers based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships[2]

Boys
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Michael Gallagher -91 kg  Maksim Kazlou (BLR)
W 3-0
 Yordan Hernández (CUB)
L 0-3
Bronze Medal Bout

 Kim Jin-nyong (KOR)
W 3-0

3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Girls
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Ciara Ginty -60 kg  Monica Floridia (ITA)
W 3-0
 Esra Yıldız (TUR)
W 2-0
 Jajaira Gonzalez (USA)
L 0-3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Christine Desmond -75 kg bye  Chen Nien-Chin (TPE)
L 0-3
Bronze Medal Bout

 Caitlin Parker (AUS)
L 0-3

4

Canoeing

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Ireland qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.[3]

Boys
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Robert Hendrick C1 slalom 1:19.667 3 Q  Zoltán Koleszár (HUN)
1:21.403 W
 Leon Breznik (SLO)
1:18.752 W
 Lucas Roisin (FRA)
1:19.047 L
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
C1 sprint 2:14.219 12 Q 2:14.706 12 did not advance

Equestrian

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Ireland qualified a rider.[4]

Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Total
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Michael Duffy Commander Individual Jumping 0 1 4 4 5 4 5
Europe
 Jake Saywell (GBR)
 Michael Duffy (IRL)
 Matias Alvaro (ITA)
 Lisa Nooren (NED)
 Filip Agren (SWE)
 
Galaxy
Commander
Montelini
For The Sun
Abel
Team Jumping  
(8)
0
0
(8)
0
1  
(4)
0
0
(0)
0
0 1 0 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Golf

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Ireland qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.[5]

Individual
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
Score Rank Score Total Rank Score Total Rank Score Rank
Kevin le Blanc Boys 73 (+1) 19 71 (-1) 144 (PAR) 73 (+1) 217 (+1) 217 16
Olivia Mehaffey Girls 73 (+1) 11 75 (+3) 148 (+4) 79 (+7) 227 (+11) 227 20
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
Kevin le Blanc
Olivia Mehaffey
Mixed 72 (PAR) 25 77 (+5) 149 (+5) 71 (-1) 80 (+8) 300 (+12) 300 27

Rowing

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Ireland qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships.[6]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eimear Lambe Girls' Single Sculls 3:57.00 5 R 3:55.00 2 SA/B 4:02.39 6 FB 4:03.82 11

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

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Ireland qualified three swimmers.[7]

Boys
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Calum Bain 50 m freestyle 23.57 17 did not advance
100 m freestyle 52.51 29 did not advance
50 m butterfly 25.69 27 did not advance
Girls
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Laoise Fleming 200 m freestyle 2:08.93 32 did not advance
50 m backstroke 31.64 37 did not advance
100 m backstroke 1:06.21 30 did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:21.89 24 did not advance
Dearbhail McNamara 50 m breaststroke 35.17 27 did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:13.79 23 did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:34.39 10 did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Meet the Qualified Athletes for Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games". AIBA. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. ^ "2014 Youth Olympics Games Qualification" (PDF). ICF. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Number of Entries by NOC: Equestrian". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Youth Olympic Games Golf Ranking". IGF. 8 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  6. ^ "2014 YOG Qualification: Rowing". FISA. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 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.