Aruba at the 2023 Parapan American Games explained

Npc:ARU
Country:Aruba
Year:2023
Games:Parapan American Games
Games Link:2023 Parapan American Games
Npcname:Aruba Paralympic Committee
Location:Santiago, Chile
Competitors:1
Sports:1
Flagbearer Open:Elliott Loonstra
Flagbearer Close:Elliott Loonstra
Rank:19
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto
Start Date:17 November 2023
End Date:26 November 2023
Flagcaption:Flag of Aruba
App Begin Year:2015

Aruba is scheduled to compete in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This was Aruba's third appearance at the Parapan American Games, having first competed in the 2015 edition.

Paralympic taekwondo practitioner Elliott Loonstra was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony.[1] The only athlete of the country in the competition, Loonstra would later go on to win Aruba's first ever Parapan American Games medal, a bronze in the men's 80 kg event.[2]

Medalists

The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

width=120Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Taekwondo1 0 1
Total 1 0 1

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2023 Parapan American Games.

Men

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: InauguraciĆ³n Parapanamericanos: estos son los abanderados de los 31 paĆ­ses participantes. 17 November 2023. santiago2023.org. Santiago 2023. es. 3 December 2023.
  2. News: 2023-11-26 . Santiago 2023. No gold medal for Brazil in the last day of para taekwondo . 2023-11-30.