Lebanon at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Lebanon at the Youth Olympic Games
Flag of Lebanon IOC code  LIB NOC Lebanese Olympic Committee
At the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore
Competitors	5 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Michel Samaha
Medals Rank: 84	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1

Lebanon will participate in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Michel Samaha	Taekwondo	Men's 73kg	18 Aug

Fencing

Main Article: Fencing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Group Stage

Athlete	Event	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5	Match 6	Seed
Rita Abou Jaoude	Girls’ Foil	Goldie (CAN) L 1-5	Alekseeva (RUS) L 0-5	Shaito (USA) L 0-5	Daw (EGY) L 1-5	Ndao (SEN) W 5-3	Mancini (ITA) L 2-5	12

Knock-Out Stage

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Rita Abou Jaoude	Girls’ Foil	Mancini (ITA) L 7-15	Did not advance			12

Judo

Main Article: Judo at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Caren Chammas	Girls' -63 kg	BYE	Matniyazova (UZB) L 000-101	Repechage  Baxter (NZL) W 100-000	Repechage  Beridze (GEO) W 100-000	Repechage  Matniyazova (UZB) L 000-001	Did not advance	7

Team

Team	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Munich  Vita Valnova (BLR)  Kestutis Vitkauskas (LTU)  Un Ju Ri (PRK)  Beka Tugushi (GEO)  Jalil Jalilov (AZE)  Caren Chammas (LIB)  Yakov Mamistavalov (ISR)	Mixed Team	Essen L 3-4	Did not advance			9

Swimming

Main Article: Swimming at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Athletes	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Abbas Raad	Boys’ 50m Freestyle	25.26	30	Did not advance
	Boys’ 50m Backstroke			28.76	13	Did not advance
Nibal Yamout	Girls’ 200m Breaststroke	2:46.96	19			Did not advance
	Girls’ 200m Individual Medley	2:32.23	23			Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main Article: Taekwondo at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Michel Samaha was qualified to the 2010 Youth Olympic Games by getting the 5th place at the World qualifications in Tijuana, Mexico.

Samaha defeated the player from Suriname that had won against the player from Azerbaijan (ranked 6th at the World Qualifications). Samaha reached the semi final and secured the BRONZE medal then lost against the player from Russia.

Samaha brought back to Lebanon the 1st Olympic medal since 1980.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Michel Samaha	Boys' -73kg	BYE	Tosh van Dijk (SUR) W 5-4	Aliaskhab Sirazhov (RUS) L 4-10	Did not advance

External links

• Competitors List: Lebanon