Moldova at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Moldova at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	MDA
NOC	Moldova Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.md
in Nanjing
Competitors	11 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 43rd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Serghei Tarnovschi	Canoeing	Boys' Head-to-head Sprint C1	24 August
Silver	Dmitri Ceacusta	Wrestling	Boys' Freestyle 100 kg	27 August
Bronze	Tatiano Doncila	Wrestling	Girls' Freestyle 46 kg	26 August

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Moldova qualified two 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
Stefan Mura	Discus throw	55.57	7 qA	49.81	8

Girls

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Polina Ciui	Hammer throw	59.73	12 qB	57.43	12

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Moldova qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.^[2]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Serghei Tarnovschi	C1 slalom	DQ		did not advance
	C1 sprint	1:43.818	1 Q	1:45.803	1 Q	Zoltan Koleszar (HUN) 1:43.857 W	Krystof Hajek (CZE) 1:44.356 W	Vadim Korobov (LTU) 1:57.688 W

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Moldova qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix in Moscow.^[3]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Nicoleta Dulgheru	Individual	13.550	13.125	14.150	13.150	53.975	7	13.250	14.100	14.000	11.750	53.100	7

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Moldova was given a wild card to compete.^[4]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ion Aric	Boys' 10m Air Pistol	558	13	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
Ion Aric (MDA)  Polina Konarieva (UKR)	Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol	749	7 Q	Ruiz (COL)- Lomova (RUS) W 10-9	Igityan (ARM)- Chung (TPE) L 0-10	did not advance		5

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Moldova qualified three swimmers.^[5]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexei Sancov	400 m freestyle	3:56.89	16	did not advance
	800 m freestyle	—		8:06.54	7

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tatiana Perstniova	50 m backstroke	30.58	30	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:04.05	19	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:15.64	10	—		did not advance
Mihaela Bat	50 m breaststroke	DNS		did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Moldova qualified three athletes based on its performance at the 2014 European Cadet Championships.^[6]

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Dmitri Ceacusta	Freestyle -100kg	Pratt (AUS) W 4-0 ST	Rozykulyyev (TKM) W 4-0 ST	Yakubov (TJK) W 4-0 ST	1 F	Hajizada (AZE) L 1-3 PP
Dorin Cojocari	Greco-Roman -50kg	Aghaniachari (IRI) L 0-4 VT	Beytekin (TUR) L 0-4 VT	Najafov (AZE) L 0-4 ST	4 RM	Muller (MHL) W 4-0 ST	7

Girls

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Tatiano Doncila	Freestyle -46kg	Bramley (NZL) W 4-0 VT	Kim (PRK) L 1-3 PP	—	2 BM	Castillo (VEN) W 3-1 PP