2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival

The 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival was the fourth edition of the Australian Youth Olympic Festival. It was held from 17–21 January 2007.

2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival
Host citySydney, New South Wales
Opening ceremony17 January 2007 (2007-01-17)
Closing ceremony21 January 2007 (2007-01-21)
Main venueSydney Entertainment Centre

Participant nations

Of the 23 countries invited, 20 of them participated in the games. They were:

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was performed all by primary school and high school students from NSW government schools. Singers and instrumentalists were chosen from outstanding performers from Schools Spectacular 2006.

Events

In 2007, the AYOF had 14 sports (20 disciplines). These were:[1]

Athletics
Athletics medal tally
Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
Australia 27 25 33 85
China 10 5 3 18
Chinese Taipei 3 4 2 9
New Zealand 0 6 2 8
Total 40 40 40 120

There were 40 events contested at an 18 and under age limit:[2][3]

Men:  
Women: 

Figure skating

Figure skaters competed in men's and ladies single skating events held on 19 and 20 January 2007 in the Sydney Ice Arena in Sydney.[4]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Guan Junlin  China 161.37 1 1
2 Akio Sasaki  Japan 145.80 3 2
3 Yukihiro Yoshida  Japan 135.64 4 3
4 Naoto Saito  Japan 124.42 2 5
5 Matthew Parr  United Kingdom 120.74 5 4
6 Jason Thompson  United Kingdom 112.31 6 6
7 Nicholas Fernandez  Australia 96.03 8 7
8 Mark Webster  Australia 95.70 7 8
9 Mathew Tinson  Australia 83.59 9 9
10 Mathieu Wilson  New Zealand 76.44 10 10
11 Cameron Hems  New Zealand 75.22 11 11
12 Hung Wen Tien  Chinese Taipei 67.69 12 12
WD Yang Chao  China 13
  • WD = Withdrawn

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Yuka Ishikawa  Japan 123.44 1 1
2 Nanoha Sato  Japan 113.70 4 2
3 Tina Wang  Australia 110.49 3 3
4 Vanessa James  United Kingdom 109.35 2 5
5 Yurina Nobuhara  Japan 108.12 5 4
6 Cheltzie Lee  Australia 98.21 6 6
7 Guo Yalu  China 86.78 8 7
8 Morgan Figgins  New Zealand 77.88 7 10
9 Phoebe Di Tommaso  Australia 77.30 9 8
10 Lejeanne Marais  South Africa 74.31 10 9
11 Jessica Wai  Chinese Taipei 62.40 11 11
12 Megan Allely  South Africa 56.15 12 12

Rowing
Rowing medal tally
Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
Great Britain 6 5 1 12
Tasmania 2 1 0 3
New South Wales 1 4 0 5
New Zealand 1 1 5 7
China 1 1 1 3
Western Australia 1 0 3 4
Victoria 0 0 2 2

The rowing events were contested at the Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith; the site of the rowing for the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Unlike most AYOF events, the rowing offered each Australian state the chance to compete separately against countries including the Great Britain, New Zealand and China. Although the Great Britain and New Zealand teams had recent success at the Junior Rowing World Championships and Under 23 Rowing World Championships, the Australian states still performed competitively. The New South Wales rowing team won the premier event, the Men's Eight.

Great Britain led the way with a total of 6 Gold Medals. The Australian state crews performed admirably with New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia sharing 14 medals between them.

See also

References
  1. "Schedule and Results". AOC. 2007. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. "Australian Youth Olympic Festival 2007 Official Results: Athletics Day 1" (PDF). Australian Olympic Committee. 13 February 2007. Archived from the original (PDF 0.5 MB) on 29 March 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  3. "Australian Youth Olympic Festival 2007 Official Results: Athletics Day 2" (PDF). Australian Olympic Committee. 14 February 2007. Archived from the original (PDF 0.3 MB) on 29 March 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  4. Australian Youth Olympic Festival 2007 Archived 9 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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