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2018 Youth Olympic Games

The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held in Buenos AiresArgentina between 6 and 18 October 2018. They were the first Summer Youth Olympic Games held outside of Asia (also first in the Southern and Western Hemispheres), and the first Youth Games for either summer or winter held outside Eurasia. It was the second Olympic Games held in South America after the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de JaneiroBrazil.





Swimming were allocated 4 spots on the New Zealand team:

Zad Reid Aqaubladz, New Plymouth. Coach - Sue Southgate

Gina Galloway North Shore Swim Club, Auckland. Coach - Andy McMillan

Michael Pickett North Shore Swim Club, Auckland. Coach - John Gatfield at St Peters, Brisbane.

Erika Fairweather Neptune Swim Club. Coach - Lars Humer

Staff:

Sue Southgate