Renato Paratore, 18 years old in December, wins the gold medal in the individual men's golf tournament at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games in China, where Virginia Elena Carta takes fourth place in the women's competition, dominated by the Korean Soyoung Lee.
On the course of the Nanjing Zhongshan International Golf Club (par 72) Paratore closes with 205 shots (72 67 66, -11) completing his comeback started from 66th place in the first round with a 6 (-17). The Swede Marcus Kinhult instead takes the silver and the Thai Danthai Boonma the bronze.
The young Roman is a kept promise of Italian golf and seems destined to turn professional and follow in the footsteps of Matteo Manassero and the brothers Edoardo and Francesco Molinari. The very young golfer, registered for the G&CC Park of Rome, already boasts a long series of victories: from the prestigious success in last year's Junior Orange Bowl to the title in the Portuguese International Amateur and in the National Medal Championship. In addition, he was part of the blue Boys team that dominated the European Championship, and the continental team that prevailed in the Bonallack Trophy against the selection of Asia / Pacific. Among his laurels also the Internazionali d'Italia Under 16 (2011), the individual in the European Young Masters and the Junior Open, boys category (2012). He was twice in the continental representative of the Jacques Léglise Trophy, with one success (2012), and always with the continental selection he participated in the Junior Ryder Cup (2012).
54 competitors (64 boys and 32 girls) with hcp not exceeding 32, born between 6.4 January 1996 and 31 December 1998, took part in the two competitions (XNUMX holes).
