The 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games was the 5th Commonwealth Youth Games which started in 2000. They were held in Apia, the capital of Samoa. Up to 1000 young Commonwealth athletes aged 14-18 participated from 63 nations and territories and competed for 107 Gold Medals in 9 sports from 5th Sept – 11th Sept, 2015.
Sports Events
Archery Rugby 7’5
Athletics Squash
Boxing (Men) Tennis
Lawn bowls Weightlifting
Aquatics
Competition Venues
Apia Park Sports Complex
Faleata Sports Complex
- India ended at the fifth spot in the overall tally with 19 medals.
Final Medal Tally
| Ranking | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total Medals |
| 1 | Australia | 25 | 19 | 19 | 63 |
| 2 | South Africa | 13 | 7 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | England | 12 | 16 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Malaysia | 11 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | India | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
Indian Winners List
| Name | Sport | Medal |
| Prachi Singh (women) | Archery | Gold |
| Prachi Singh – Pantelides Thomas (Mixed) | Archery | Gold |
| Sasi Kumar Mukund (Men single’s) | Tennis | Gold |
| Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal (Women single’s) | Tennis | Gold |
| Sasi kumar Mukund – Dhruthi Tatachar (Mixed) | Tennis | Gold |
| Deepak Lather | Weightlifting | Gold |
| Jamjang Deru | Weightlifting | Gold |
| Tejaswin Shankar (High Jump-Men) | Athletics | Gold |
| Mohd Hadeesh (Javelin Throw-Men) | Athletics | Gold |
| Gourav Solanki | Boxing (52 Kg) | Silver |
| Nishant Kumawat (Boys Recurve Individual) | Archery | Silver |
| Jisna Mathew (400m) | Athletics | Silver |
| Velavan Senthil Kumar – Harshit Jawanda (Mixed) | Squash | Silver |
| Bhimchand Singh Leichombam | Boxing (49 Kg – Men ) | Bronze |
| Prayag Chauhan | Boxing (64 Kg – Men) | Bronze |
| Anamika Das (Shot-put Women) | Athletics | Bronze |
| Velavan Senthil kumar (Singles – Men) | Squash | Bronze |
| Chandan Bauri (400m – Men) | Athletics | Bronze |
| Abitha Mary Manuel (800m – Women) | Athletics | Bronze |
The 2018 Commonwealth Games will be held at Gold Coast City, Queensland in Australia from 4-15 April 2018. This will be the 5th time that Australia has hosted the Games.
- Keys
– Samoa capital – Apia
– Samoa currency – Samoan Tala
– Samoa PM – Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
– Samoa President – Malietoa Tanumafili II Tufuga Efi