title: Moldova at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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
  
  Moldova qualified two athletes.
  
  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)
  
  ### Field Events
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank |
  | Stefan Mura | Discus throw | 55.57 | 7 qA | 49.81 | 8 |
  
  ### Field events
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank |
  | Polina Ciui | Hammer throw | 59.73 | 12 qB | 57.43 | 12 |
  
  ## Canoeing
  
  Moldova qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.
  
  ### Boys
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
  | Serghei Tarnovschi | C1 slalom | DQ | DQ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | |
  | Serghei Tarnovschi | 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
  
  ### Rhythmic Gymnastics
  
  Moldova qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix in Moscow.
  
  **Individual**
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | 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
  
  Moldova was given a wild card to compete.
  
  ### Individual
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Ion Aric | Boys' 10m Air Pistol | 558 | 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 |
  | 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 | did not advance | 5 |
  
  ## Swimming
  
  Moldova qualified three swimmers.
  
  ### Boys
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Alexei Sancov | 400 m freestyle | 3:56.89 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Alexei Sancov | 800 m freestyle | — | — | 8:06.54 | 7 |
  
  ### Girls
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Tatiana Perstniova | 50 m backstroke | 30.58 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Tatiana Perstniova | 100 m backstroke | 1:04.05 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Tatiana Perstniova | 200 m backstroke | 2:15.64 | 10 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Mihaela Bat | 50 m breaststroke | DNS | | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Wrestling
  
  Moldova qualified three athletes based on its performance at the 2014 European Cadet Championships.
  
  * 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 | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Final / RM | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank |
  | 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 | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Final / RM | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank |
  | Tatiano Doncila | Freestyle -46kg | Bramley (NZL) W 4-0 $^{VT}$ | Kim (PRK) L 1-3 $^{PP}$ | — | 2 BM | Castillo (VEN) W 3-1 $^{PP}$ | |
  