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Colombia at the Youth Olympics

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Colombia at the
Youth Olympics
IOC codeCOL
NOCColombian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coc.org.co (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
7
Silver
7
Bronze
5
Total
19
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Colombia first participated at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural 2010 Games in Singapore. Colombia has sent a team to each Summer Youth Olympic Games[1] and participated for the first time at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in the 2016 edition in Lillehammer.[2][3] Colombian city of Medellín submitted a bid to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, but in a voting process in 2013 lost the games to the argentine capital Buenos Aires.[4]

Medal tables

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Medals by Summer Youth Games

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Singapore 2010 Singapore 23 2 3 0 5 22
China 2014 Nanjing 34 1 0 2 3 46
Argentina 2018 Buenos Aires 54 4 3 3 10 14
Senegal 2026 Dakar future event
Total 7 6 5 18 22

Medals by Winter Youth Games

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Austria 2012 Innsbruck Did not participate
Norway 2016 Lillehammer 1 0 0 0 0
Switzerland 2020 Lausanne 2 0 1 0 0 27
Total 0 1 0 0 34
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References

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  1. "Nuestro futuro olímpico está asegurado - ELESPECTADOR.COM". 14 October 2018.
  2. Cali, Casa Editorial El País. "Michael Poettoz buscará izar la bandera colombiana en Noruega".
  3. "Michael Poettoz's plot to put Colombian winter sports on the map". 21 February 2018.
  4. "Buenos Aires elected as Host City for 2018 Youth Olympic Games". 21 July 2016.