Slovenia at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeSLO
NOCSlovenian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.si
in Nanjing
Competitors48 in 14 sports
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
7
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

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

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold
  • Urh Kastelic
  • Jan Prevolnik
  • Matic Kotar
  • Jaka Malus
  • Tilen Sokolič
  • Jakob Beđeti
  • Žiga Urbič
  • Gal Marguč
  • Rok Cvetko
  • Leon Rašo
  • Darko Stojnić
  • Aleks Kavčič
  • Luka Kikanović
  • Blaž Janc
 Handball Boys' tournament 25 August
 Gold Anže Urankar Canoeing Boys' K1 slalom 27 August
 Silver Žiga Lah Basketball Boys' dunk contest 21 August
 Silver Ela Mićunović Basketball Girls' shoot-out contest 21 August
 Bronze Maruša Štangar Judo Girls' 52 kg 18 August
 Bronze Nastja Govejšek Swimming Girls' 50 metre butterfly 20 August
 Bronze Leda Kroselj Athletics Girls' pole vault 23 August

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified a male archer from its performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships.[1] Slovenia later qualified a female archer from its performance at the 2014 European Archery Youth Championships.[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
Gašper Štrajhar Boys' Individual 615 28  Tapia (MEX)
L 0–6 		Did not advance 17
Ivana Laharnar Girls' Individual 635 13  Sutton (AUS)
W 6–2 		 Marin (ESP)
L 2–6 		Did not advance 9
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
 Gašper Štrajhar (SLO)
 Melanie Gaubil (FRA) 		Mixed Team 1278 21  Peters (CAN)
 Tuokkola (FIN)
L 4-5 		Did not advance 17
 Ivana Laharnar (SLO)
 Francisco Rodriguez Sas (ARG) 		Mixed Team 1284 16  Rivera (MEX)
 Koenig (FRA)
L 2-6 		Did not advance 17

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified four athletes.[3]

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)

Girls
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Tina Božič Triple jump 12.22 10 qB DNS
Lara Omerzu High jump 1.78 1 Q 1.75 7
Leda Krošelj Pole vault 3.70 2 Q 3.90 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tjaša Stanko Javelin throw 50.14 7 Q 47.21 9

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified two athletes based on the 2 May 2014 BWF Junior World Rankings.[4][5]

Singles
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Andraž Krapež Boys' Singles  Weisskirchen (GER)
L 0-2 		 Vlaar (NED)
W 2-1 		 Citron (FRA)
L 1-2 		3 did not advance
Katarina Beton Girls' Singles  He (CHN)
L 0-2 		 Lee (MAS)
L 0-2 		 Lais (AUT)
W 2-1 		3 did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
 Alida Chen (NED)
 Andraž Krapež (SLO) 		Mixed Doubles  Abdelhakim (EGY)
 Mitsova (BUL)
W 2-0 		 Joshi (IND)
 Kabelo (BOT)
W 2-1 		 Sarsekenov (UKR)
 Yamaguchi (JPN)
W 2-0 		1QF  Narongrit (THA)
 Qin (CHN)
L 0-2 		did not advance 5
 Katarina Beton (SLO)
 Anthony Ginting (INA) 		Mixed Doubles  Weisskirchen (GER)
 Ishaak (SUR)
W 2-0 		 Kurt (TUR)
 Pavlinić (CRO)
W 2-0 		 Shishkov (BUL)
 Heim (GER)
W 2-0 		1QF  Angodavidanalage (SRI)
 He (CHN)
L 1-2 		did not advance 5

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified a boys' and girls' team from their performance at the 2013 3x3 World Tour Final.[6][7]

Skills Competition
Athlete Event Qualification Final First Stage Final Second Stage
Round 1 Round 2 Total Rank Round 1 Round 2 Total Rank Round 1 Round 2 Total Rank
Žiga Lah Boys' Dunk Contest 27 27 54 1 Q 30 29 59 1 26 0 26 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Time Rank Points Time Rank
Ela Mićunović Girls' Shoot-out Contest 6 22.4 3 Q 4 31.6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Boys' tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament
Roster
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Lithuania 9 9 0 165 129 +36 18 Round of 16
2  Slovenia 9 7 2 152 120 +32 16
3  China 9 6 3 164 143 +21 15[a]
4  Puerto Rico 9 6 3 152 136 +16 15[a]
5  Poland 9 5 4 153 127 +26 14
6  France 9 4 5 151 127 +24 13
7  Hungary 9 3 6 158 165 −7 12
8  Uruguay 9 2 7 103 154 −51 11[b]
9  Germany 9 2 7 118 149 −31 11[b] Eliminated
10  Indonesia 9 1 8 86 152 −66 10
Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b CHN +1, PUR −1
  2. ^ a b URU +1, GER −1
18 August 2014
17:00
Hungary 19–21  Slovenia
18 August 2014
21:20
Slovenia 15–11  France
19 August 2014
19:40
Germany 9–21  Slovenia
20 August 2014
17:40
Slovenia 12–16  Puerto Rico
20 August 2014
20:40
Uruguay 11–13  Slovenia
22 August 2014
19:20
Slovenia 21–6  Indonesia
23 August 2014
18:20
Lithuania 21–14  Slovenia
23 August 2014
20:40
Slovenia 19–15  China
24 August 2014
19:20
Poland 12–16  Slovenia
Knockout Stage
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
 Romania
L 14-20 		did not advance 9

Girls' tournament

Roster
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 9 8 0 1 164 87 +77 24 Round of 16
2  Hungary 9 8 0 1 146 91 +55 24
3  Spain 9 7 0 2 151 95 +56 21
4  Estonia 9 5 0 4 130 109 +21 15
5  China 9 5 0 4 128 103 +25 15
6  Germany 9 4 0 5 111 133 −22 12
7  Brazil 9 3 0 6 101 123 −22 9
8  Venezuela 9 2 0 7 101 153 −52 6
9  Slovenia 9 2 0 7 120 156 −36 6 Eliminated
10  Syria 9 1 0 8 68 170 −102 3
Source:[citation needed]
18 August 2014
18:40
Hungary 18–12  Slovenia
19 August 2014
18:00
Slovenia 18–20  China
19 August 2014
21:20
Spain 21–7  Slovenia
20 August 2014
19:20
Slovenia 14–16  Estonia
22 August 2014
17:20
Germany 13–18  Slovenia
22 August 2014
21:00
Slovenia vs.  Venezuela
23 August 2014
20:00
Brazil 20–9  Slovenia
24 August 2014
18:00
Slovenia 14–11  Syria
24 August 2014
21:00
Netherlands vs.  Slovenia

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.[8]

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
Leon Breznik C1 slalom 1:21.785 4 Q —  Jisung (KOR)
W 1:27.756 		 Hendrick (IRL)
L 1:25.750 		 Breznik (SVK)
L 1:23:257 		4
C1 sprint 2:58.495 14 Q — 3:14.354 14 Did not advance 14
Anže Urankar K1 slalom 1:08.336 3 Q — 1:08.607 3 Q  Sherman (USA)
W 1:09.675 		 Sunderland (GBR)
W 1:10.877 		 Grigar (SVK)
W 1:09.057 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
K1 sprint 1:42.498 12 R 1:44.654 4 Q 1:39.292 11 Did not advance 11

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its ranking issued by the UCI.[9][10]

Team
Athletes Event Cross-Country
Eliminator 		Time Trial BMX Cross-Country Race Road Race Total Pts Rank
Rank Points Time Rank Points Rank Points Time Rank Points Time Rank Points
Jon Božič
Peter Zupančič 		Boys' Team 14 3 5:17.30 8 20 19 0 59:17 11 8 1:38:53
1:49:13 		45
52 		0 31 18
Katja Jeretina
Anita Žnidaršič 		Girls' Team 27 0 6:05.81 7 25 20 0 -1 LAP 23 0 1:12:36
1:12:53 		4
34 		50 75 15
Mixed Relay
Athletes Event Cross-Country
Girls' Race 		Cross-Country
Boys' Race 		Boys' Road
Race 		Girls' Road
Race 		Total Time Rank
Anita Žnidaršič
Peter Zupančič
Jon Božič
Katja Jeretina 		Mixed Team Relay 18:52 15

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.[11]

Individual
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
Score Rank Score Total Rank Score Total Rank Score Rank
Žan Luka Štirn Boys 70 (-2) 11 71 (-1) 141 (-3) 6 72 (par) 213 (-3) 10 213 =10
Ana Belac Girls 76 (+4) 22 72 (par) 148 (+4) 13 75 (+3) 223 (+7) 17 223 =17
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
Žan Luka Štirn
Ana Belac 		Mixed 69 (-3) 17 74 (+2) 143 (-1) 17 69 (-3) 76 (+4) 288 (par) 15 288 15

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified a boys team by winning the gold medal at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.[12]

Boys' tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament
Roster
Group stage

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Slovenia 2 2 0 0 71 35 +36 4 Semifinals
 Qatar 2 1 0 1 49 61 −12 2
 Tunisia 2 0 0 2 35 59 −24 0 5th place game
Source:[citation needed]
21 August
20:00 		Slovenia 33 - 12  Tunisia Jiangning Sports Centre Gymnasium, Nanjing
Marguč 10
Kavčič 5
Malus, Janc 4
Prevolnik, Sokolič 3
Beđeti 2
Kikanović, Rašo 1 		(18 - 4) Ben Dhia 4
Ghachem 3
Ben Araar 2
Ayari, Haj Romdhane, Zouaoui 1
2×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square 4×Yellow card 10×number 2 in light blue rounded square
22 August
20:00 		Qatar 23 - 38  Slovenia Jiangning Sports Centre Gymnasium, Nanjing
Semifinals
24 August
20:00 		Norway 30 - 33 Slovenia Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
(14 - 13)
Gold-medal match
25 August
20:30 		Egypt 25 - 31 Slovenia 1st place, gold medalist(s) Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium
(11 - 13)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships.[13]

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
Maruša Štangar Girls' -52 kg  Minenkova (BLR)
W 101-001 		 Siderot (POR)
W 100-000 		 Elizeche (ARG)
W 100-000 		 Temelkova (BUL)
L 000-002 		—  Liu (CHN)
W 100-000 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Team
Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Team Xian
 Hifumi Abe (JPN)
 Chiara Carminucci (ITA)
 Naomi de Brune (AUS)
 Jolan Florimont (FRA)
 Brillith Gamarra Carbajal (PER)
 Felix Penning (LUX)
 Maruša Štangar (SLO)
 Idan Vardi (ISR) 		Mixed Team  Team Tani (MIX)
W 7 – 0 		 Team Berghmans (MIX)
W 4 – 3 		 Team Rouge (MIX)
L 3 – 4 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships.[14]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vid Pugelj
Žiga Zarič 		Boys' Pairs 3:14.65 3 R 3:12.55 1 FA 3:12.30 4

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

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia was given a reallocation boat based on being a top ranked nation not yet qualified.[15]

Athlete Event Race Net
Points 		Final
Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Toni Vrščaj Boys' Techno 293 12 13 7 (14) 10 7 10 Cancelled 73.00 59.00 10

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia was given a wild card to compete.[16]

Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jože Čeper Boys' 10m Air Pistol 550 15 Did not advance
Team
Athletes Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Points Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
 Yashaswini Singh Deswal (IND)
 Jože Čeper (SLO) 		Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol 754 3 Q  Audrey-Anne Le Sieur (CAN)
 Jiayu Wu (CHN)
W
10-5 		 Lidia Nencheva (BUL)
 Vladimir Svechnikov (UZB)
L
5-10 		Did not advance 5

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified four swimmers.[17]

Boys
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Grega Popović 400 m freestyle 4:01.69 23 — Did not advance
800 m freestyle — 8:19.37 17
Žan Pogačar 50 m backstroke 26.85 19 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 57.46 20 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:02.84 9 — Did not advance
Girls
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tjaša Pintar 50 m freestyle 26.33 13 Q 25.94 8 Q 25.82 6
100 m freestyle 56.39 11 Q 56.42 13 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 2:01.56 9 — Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:22.77 18 — Did not advance
50 m breaststroke —
Nastja Govejšek 50 m freestyle 26.18 8 Q 25.90 7 Q 25.95 7
100 m freestyle 56.09 8 Q 55.82 9 Did not advance
50 m butterfly 27.09 3 Q 26.77 2 Q 26.70 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100 m butterfly 1:06.08 27 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Nastja Govejšek
Tjaša Pintar
Žan Pogačar
Grega Popović 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:38.17 9 Did not advance
Nastja Govejšek
Tjaša Pintar
Žan Pogačar
Grega Popović 		4 × 100 m medley relay 4:06.32 17 Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Slovenia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the Taekwondo Qualification Tournament.[18]

Boys
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Lucijan Kobal +73 kg  Voronovskyy (UKR)
L 2 - 7 		Did not advance 5

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