Moldova at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
# Moldova at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

## Archery

Moldova qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Milena Gațco | Girls' individual | 638 | 16 | Voropayeva (KAZ) L 4–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Milena Gațco (MDA) Jason Hurnall (AUS) | Mixed team | 1301 | 10 | Trydvornava (BLR) Ovchynnikov (UKR) L 3–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |

## Athletics

* Women's Shot Put - Nina Capaţina

| Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Nina Capaţina | Girls' shot put | 17.09 | 4 | 17.42 | 3 | 34.51 | 4 |

## Badminton

Moldova qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.

### Singles

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Cristian Savin | Boys' Singles | Panarin (KAZ) L 1–2 | Naraoka (JPN) L 0–2 | Kim (FIJ) W 2–0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |
| Vlada Gînga | Girls' Singles | Polanc (SLO) W 2–1 | Sándorházi (HUN) L 0–2 | — | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Team Sigma Cristian Savin (MDA) Dennis Koppen (NED) Rukesh Maharjan (NEP) Ikhsan Rumbay (INA) Madeleine Caren Akoumba Ze (CMR) Grace King (GBR) Ann-Kathrin Spöri (GER) Wang Zhiyi (CHN) | Mixed Teams | Theta (MIX) W (110–100) | Gamma (MIX) W (110–86) | Omega (MIX) L (98–110) | 2Q | Zeta (MIX) L (106–110) | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Team Epsilon Vlada Gînga (MDA) Chen Shiau-cheng (TPE) Fabricio Farias (BRA) Nguyễn Hải Đăng (VIE) Tomás Toledano (ESP) Goh Jin Wei (MAS) Aminat Oluwafunke Ilori (NGR) Nazlıcan İnci (TUR) | Mixed Teams | Alpha (MIX) L (98–110) | Zeta (MIX) L (89–110) | Delta (MIX) W (110–108) | 4Q | Omega (MIX) L (102–110) | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |

## Judo

* Girls' 44 kg - Paulina Țurcan
* Boys' 100 kg - Alin Bagrin

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Rep 1 | Rep 2 | Rep 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Paulina Țurcan | Girls' 44 kg | Anastasia Balaban (UKR) L 00-10 | did not advance | did not advance | Giorgia Hagianu (ROU) L00-01s1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alin Bagrin | Boys' 100 kg | Bye | Zsombor Vég (HUN) L 00-10 | did not advance | Bye | Fleury Nihozeko (BDI) W 10-00 | Abolfazl Shojaei (IRI) W 10s1-01 | Ömer Aydın (TUR) L 01-10 | 4 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Team Los Angeles Soniya Bhatta (NEP) Ariel Shulman (ISR) Nahomys Acosta Batte (CUB) Turpal Djoukaev (FIN) Saskia Brothers (AUS) Georgios Balarjishvili (CYP) Raffaela Igl (GER) Alin Bagrin (MDA) | Mixed team | Team Seoul (MIX) W 5–3 | Team Athens (MIX) L 3–5 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Team Moscow Augusta Ambourouet (GAB) Alessia Corrao (BEL) Temuujin Ganburged (MGL) Alexis Harrison Ayarza (PAN) Hamza Jashari (MKD) Paulina Țurcan (MDA) Zsombor Vég (HUN) | Mixed team | Team Singapore (MIX) W 4–3 | Team London (MIX) L 3–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon

* Boy's events - Alex Vasilianov

| Athlete | Event | Fencing Ranking round (épée one touch) | Fencing Ranking round (épée one touch) | Fencing Ranking round (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Fencing Bonus round (épée one touch) | Fencing Bonus round (épée one touch) | Combined: Shooting / Running (10 m air pistol) / (3200 m) | Combined: Shooting / Running (10 m air pistol) / (3200 m) | Combined: Shooting / Running (10 m air pistol) / (3200 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Results | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Results | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Alex Vasilianov | Boys' Individual | 10–13 | 17 | 202 | 2:13.35 | 19 | 284 | 1–0 | 0 | 11:51.71 | 12 | 589 | 1075 | 14 |
| Martina Armanazqui (ARG) Alex Vasilianov (MDA) | Mixed relay | 10–12 12–10 | 11 | 205 | 2:02.59 | 9 | 305 | 2–0 | 2 | 11:52.56 | 10 | 588 | 1100 | 9 |

## Rowing

Moldova qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 European Rowing Junior Championships.

* Boys' single sculls - 1 boat (Ivan Corșunov)

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Total | Total | Total | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Points | Time | Points | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ivan Corșunov | Boys' single sculls | 3:40.33 | 12 | 1:41.40 | 6 | 1:40.00 | 6 | 3:21.40 | 12 | 4 Q | 1:37.32 | 1 FB | did not advance | did not advance | 1:40.06 | 2 |

FB=Final B (non-medal)

## Shooting

* 1 quota: Boys' 10 metre air pistol

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Kirill Ușanlî | Boys' 10 metre air pistol | 558-11 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Event | Points | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Greta Rankelytė (LTU) Kirill Ușanlî (MDA) | Mixed 10 metre air pistol | 752-23 | 4 | Lu (CHN) Vengríni (SVK) W 10-7 | Bhaker (IND) Fayzullaev (TJK) L8-10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming

* Tatiana Salcuțan
* Anastasia Moșcenscaia
* Nichita Bortnicov
* Ivan Semidetnov

## Table tennis

Moldova qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the European Continental Qualifier.

* Boys' singles - Vladislav Ursu

## Wrestling

Moldova qualified one athlete in category Women's Wrestling 57 kg

* VFA – Victory by Fall
* VSU – Without any points scored by the opponent
* VSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
* VPO – Without any points scored by the opponent
* VPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Final / RM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Alexandrin Guţu | Boys' Greco-Roman −71kg | Calle (COL) W 4 – 0 $^{VFA}$ | Maafi (TUN) W 9 – 0 $^{VSU}$ | — | — | 1 Q | Starodubtsev (RUS) W 8 – 0 $^{VFA}$ | |
| Maria Leorda | Girls' freestyle −43kg | Derry (NZL) W WO | Batbaatar (MGL) L 0 – 10 $^{VSU}$ | Simran (IND) L 0 – 8 $^{VFA}$ | Mahmoud (EGY) W 8 – 1 $^{VPO1}$ | 3 Q | Vigouroux (FRA) L 0 – 4 $^{VPO}$ | 6 |
| Irina Rîngaci | Girls' freestyle −57kg | Parra (VEN) W 11 – 2 $^{VPO1}$ | Toida (CMR) W 11 – 0 $^{VSU}$ | Szél (HUN) L 0 – 2 $^{VFA}$ | Mansi (IND) W 4 – 0 $^{VFA}$ | 2 Q | Blayvas (GER) L 3 – 6 $^{VPO1}$ | 4 |
