Nigeria is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Nigeria's debut appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
The Nigerian team consisted of six athletes (three per gender) competing in curling. Curlers Roy Daniel and Oluwanimifise Wale-Adeogun were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline. SportMenWomenTotalCurling336 Total336
Curling
Nigeria qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes. Nigeria was the first African curling team to qualify for the Winter Youth Olympics, as no African nation was represented in curling at the first three Games.
Summary Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score RankGoodnews CharlesOluwanimifise Wale-AdeogunFaitu DanmolaNkoyo OkuMixed teamL 1–20L 2–22L 0–21L 1–12L 0–20L 2–22L 0–168Did not advance16Oluwatomisin AkinsanyaRoy DanielMixed doublesL 3–13L 0–18L 0–19L 0–14L 1–17colspan=26Did not advance24
Mixed team
Group ASkip Li Zetai 6 1 1–0 65 25 28 17 0 12 59.04 Kenna Ponzio 6 1 0–1 68 26 31 16 1 15 51.38 Kaito Fujii 5 2 1–0 64 26 27 17 2 11 39.53 Vilmer Nygren 5 2 0–1 55 42 27 19 5 10 58.05 Alexander Johansen 3 4 – 49 39 25 19 2 11 65.33 Muhammed Taha Zenit 2 5 – 41 40 16 26 5 5 82.17 Jed Nevill 1 6 – 27 44 18 23 3 6 86.52 Goodnews Charles 0 7 – 6 133 4 39 1 0 199.60
Round robin
Draw 1 Saturday, January 20, 10:00
Draw 2 Saturday, January 20, 18:00
Draw 3 Sunday, January 21, 14:00
Draw 4 Monday, January 22, 10:00
Draw 5 Monday, January 22, 18:00
Draw 6 Tuesday, January 23, 14:00
Draw 7 Wednesday, January 24, 9:00
Mixed doubles
Group A 4 1 1–0 40.06 4 1 0–1 42.84 3 2 – 54.69 2 3 1–0 89.06 2 3 0–1 38.09 0 5 – 168.42
Round robin
Draw 1 Friday, January 26, 18:00
Draw 2 Saturday, January 27, 10:00
Draw 7 Sunday, January 28, 18:00
Draw 9 Monday, January 29, 14:00
Draw 11 Tuesday, January 30, 10:00
See also Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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