| Noc: | ARU |
| Nocname: | Aruban Olympic Committee |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Date: | 26 July–11 August, 2019 |
| Games: | Pan American Games |
| Location: | Lima, Peru |
| Competitors: | 21 |
| Sports: | 8 |
| Flagbearer: | Mack van den Eerenbeemt (opening) |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Rank: | =30 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Aruba competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.[1] [2]
The Aruban team consisted of 21 athletes (consisting of 12 males and nine females).[3]
During the opening ceremony of the games, sailor Mack van den Eerenbeemt carried the flag of the country as part of the parade of nations.[4] Mack van den Eerenbeemt would later go on to win Aruba's first ever Pan American Games medal, a bronze in the rs:x event.[5] [6]
The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| width=140 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artistic swimming | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Athletics (track and field) | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bowling | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Cycling | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Karate | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Sailing | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 12 | 9 | 21 |
The following competitors from Aruba won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
See main article: Artistic swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games and Artistic swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification. Aruba qualified a duet of two athletes.[7]
See main article: Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification. Aruba qualified one male athlete.[3]
See main article: Bowling at the 2019 Pan American Games and Bowling at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification. Aruba qualified two female bowlers through the 2018 South American Games.[8] Aruba later qualified two men by finishing among the top five at the PABCON Champion of Champions.[9]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification / Final | Round robin | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block 1 | Block 2 | Total | Rank | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | Grand total | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||||
| Yannick Roos | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's singles | 197 | 139 | 183 | 205 | 247 | 193 | 192 | 209 | 237 | 204 | 146 | 210 | 2362 | 29 | did not advance | |||||||||||||
| Jonathan Bremo | 167 | 176 | 232 | 168 | 159 | 173 | 183 | 151 | 228 | 206 | 158 | 182 | 2183 | 31 | did not advance | |||||||||||||||
| Yannick Roos Jonathan Bremo | Men's doubles | 395 | 401 | 469 | 367 | 362 | 289 | 451 | 351 | 374 | 406 | 376 | 411 | 4652 | 13 | colspan=14 | ||||||||||||||
| Thashaina Seraus | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's singles | 268 | 186 | 196 | 246 | 169 | 258 | 176 | 216 | 195 | 205 | 268 | 229 | 2612 | 4 Q | 184 | 192 | 207 | 207 | 254 | 192 | 179 | 247 | 1742 | 4354 | 5 | did not advance | ||
| Kamilah Dammers | 169 | 181 | 171 | 238 | 199 | 258 | 171 | 201 | 196 | 214 | 279 | 200 | 2477 | 11 | did not advance | |||||||||||||||
| Thashaina Seraus Kamilah Dammers | Women's doubles | 433 | 375 | 396 | 460 | 345 | 436 | 333 | 436 | 422 | 510 | 384 | 414 | 4944 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
See main article: Cycling at the 2019 Pan American Games and Cycling at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification. Aruba qualified two cyclists in the BMX discipline (one per gender). Aruba was later reallocated two quotas in road cycling (two per gender). Aruba therefore qualified four cyclists (two men and two women).[10]
| Athlete | Event | Time trial | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Points | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Feddison Flanders | Men's BMX | 35.435 | 15 | 11 | 4 Q | 20 | 7 | did not advance | |
| Shanayah Howell | Women's BMX | 39.233 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 38.630 | 5 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| Hillard Cijntje | Men's road race | DNF | |
| Men's time trial | 50:39.76 | 18 | |
| Lisa Groothuesheidkamp | Women's road race | 2:20:33 | 24 |
| Women's time trial | 27:29.76 | 13 | |
Hillard Cijntje, who qualified in road cycling, also contested the ominium event in track cycling.
See main article: Judo at the 2019 Pan American Games and Judo at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification. Aruba qualified one female judoka.[11]
See main article: Karate at the 2019 Pan American Games and Karate at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification. Aruba qualified one male karateka. Jolano Lindelauf originally qualified under the Curacao flag, but since the island is not a member of Panamsports, Lindelauf chose to compete for Aruba.[12]
See main article: Sailing at the 2019 Pan American Games and Sailing at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification. Aruba qualified one male sailor in the rs:x event, after Mack Van Den Eerenbeemt won the 2018 South American Championships.[13] Aruba later received a universality spot in the men's laser event. After the close of entries, Aruba was awarded an additional universality spot in the women's laser radial event.[14] [15] Therefore, in total Aruba qualified three sailors (two men and one woman).[16]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net Points | Final Rank | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M | ||||
| Mack van den Eerenbeemt | Men's RS:X | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 45 | |
| Tijn van der Gulik | Men's laser | 5 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | DNS | 20 | Did not qualify | 137 | 16 | ||
| Philipine van Aanholt | Women's laser radial | 9 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 89 | 9 | ||
See main article: Shooting at the 2019 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification. Aruba qualified one female sport pistol shooter.[17] However, as part of the qualification system, countries are able to switch quotas among events (within the same discipline).[18] Therefore Aruba entered a male competitor.
See main article: Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification. Aruba qualified three swimmers (two men and one woman).[19]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan="3" | Patrick Groters | Men's 100 m backstroke | 56.20 NR | 9 QB | 55.82 NR | 10 |
| Men's 200 m backstroke | 2:02.32 NR | 8 QA | 2:03.65 | 8 | ||
| Men's 200 m individual medley | 2:03.33 NR | =6 QA | 2:06.21 | 8 | ||
| align=left rowspan="3" | Mikel Schreuders | Men's 50 m freestyle | 23.06 | =14 QB | 22.89 | 11 |
| Men's 100 m freestyle | 49.08 NR | 3 QA | 49.21 | 6 | ||
| Men's 200 m freestyle | 1:49.48 | 6 QA | 1:49.92 | 7 | ||
| align=left rowspan="2" | Allyson Ponson | Women's 50 m freestyle | 25.90 | 9 QB | 26.19 | 11 |
| Women's 100 m freestyle | 57.28 | 9 QB | 57.06 | 9 | ||
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2019 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification. Aruba received one wildcard in the men's +80 kg event.[20]