V Commonwealth Youth Games



The Inaugural Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland from 10th to 14th August 2000, II Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Bendigo, Australia from 30th November to 3rd December 2004, III Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Pune, India from 12th to 18th October, 2008 and IV Commonwealth Youth Games were held in the British Crown Dependency of Isle of Man, UK from 7 to 13 September 2011 respectively. Pakistan did not participate in the I & II Commonwealth Youth Games except III & IV Commonwealth Youth Games. In III Commonwealth Youth Games, Pakistan won 2 Silver and 1 Bronze medals in Wrestling but can not secure any position in IV Commonwealth Youth Games.

The V Commonwealth Youth Games was held on the Pacific island nation of Samoa from 5-11 September 2015. 


Participating Nations

64

Participants

1000 athletes

Sports/Disciplines

9 Disciplines

Aquatics (Swimming), Archery, Athletics, Boxing, Lawn Bowls, Rugby Sevens, Squash, Tennis and Weightlifting.


Pakistan's Participation in V Commonwealth Youth Games

13-member Pakistan Contingent participated in the V Commonwealth Youth Games - 2015. The following were the members of Pakistan Contingent:-
 

Boxing

1.      

Mr. Ali Bux                                                                Team Official

2.

Mr. Muhammad Nadeem Player

3.

Mr. Muhammad Shafique Player
Squash

4.

Mr. Sher Ali Kakar Team Official

5.

Mr. Israr Ahmad Player

6.

Miss Sadia Gul Player
Tennis

7.

Mrs. Neelofar Khalid Team Official

8.

Mr. Muzammil Murtaza Player

9.

Miss Rida Khalid Player
Weightlifting

10.

Mr. Muhammad Rashid Team Official

11.

Mr. Talha Talib Player

12.

Mr. Muhammad Usman Player

13.

Mr. Abdur Rehman Player


The top three winners were: Australia, South Africa and England
 

       Medal Tally of V Commonwealth Youth Games
 

S #.

Nation

Medals

 Gold

 Silver

 Bronze

Total

1

AUS 

24

19

19

62

2

RSA 

13

7

15

35

3

ENG

12

16

16

44

4

MAS

11

3

3

17

5

IND

9

4

6

19

6

NZL

7

9

5

21

7

NGR

6

2

3

11

8

NIR

4

4

4

12

9

KEN

4

3

0

7

10

JAM

4

1

1

6

11

SCO

2

11

8

21

12

SAM

2

4

6

12

13

FIJ

2

2

1

5

14

BOT

2

0

1

3

15

WAL

1

5

3

9

16

CMR

1

0

2

3

17

PNG

1

0

2

3

18

BAN

1

0

1

2

19

BAR

1

0

0

1

20

GGY

1

0

0

1

21

GHA

1

0

0

1

22

SRI

0

4

2

6

23

UGA

0

2

2

4

24

PAK

0

2

0

2

25

MRI

0

0

2

2

26

NFK

0

0

2

2

27

AIA

0

1

0

1

28

CAN

0

1

0

1

29

CAY

0

1

0

1

30

COK

0

1

0

1

31

DMA

0

1

0

1

32

IOM

0

1

0

1

33

NAM

0

1

0

1

34

TGA

0

1

0

1

35

CYP

0

0

1

1

36

GUY

0

0

1

1

37

LCA

0

0

1

1

38

SEY

0

0

1

1

39

SOL

0

0

1

1

40

ZAM

0

0

1

1

Total

109

106

110

325


    Pakistan Medal Tally in V Commonwealth Youth Games
 

S.No.

Discipline

Medals

     Gold

      Silver

       Bronze

     Total

1.

Weightlifting

-

2

-

2

Total

-

2

-

2

 

S.No.

Player

Name of Event

Medal

   Weightlifting

1.

Mr. Talha Talib

56 Kg

Silver

2.

Mr. Abdur Rehman

77 Kg

Silver