Chile at the 2020 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:CHI
Npcname:Chilean Paralympic Committee
Games:Summer Paralympics
Year:2020
Location:Tokyo
Competitors:19
Sports:7
Rank:45
Gold:2
Silver:3
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1992

Chile competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

Medalists

See main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table.

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold 25 August
Gold 30 August
Silver 29 August
Silver 30 August
Silver
Bronze

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Chile qualified one female archer. Mariana Zuñiga qualified by winning gold at the Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico.[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Four Chilean athlete has qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics (three women and one man).

Men's track
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Cristian Valenzuela
Guide: Matías Andrés Silva
5000m T1117:15.148
1500m T114:14.8564:30.047
Women's track
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Amanda Cerna200m T4727.134did not advance
400m T471:00.0441:00.126
Margarita Faundez1500m T115:46.505did not advance
Women's field
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Francisca MardonesWomen's discus throw F5518.5310
Women's shot put F548.33

Paracanoeing

See main article: Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. One Chilean paracanoeist has qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics after being placed in the top five at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

AthleteEventTotal liftedRank
Juan Carlos GarridoMen's – 59kg1834
Camila CamposWomen's – 55kg1154
Jorge CarinaoMen's – 65kg
Marion SerranoWomen's – 86kg1176

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Two Chilean male swimmers has qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via MQS.[2] [3] [4]

Men
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Alberto Abarza100m backstroke S22:02.2822:00.40
200m freestyle S24:18.2524:14.17
50m backstroke S257.58257.76
Vicente Almonacid100m breaststroke SB81:12.1171:12.698

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Two Chilean table tennis players have qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics after winning gold medals at the 2019 Parapan American Games and one qualified via World Ranking allocation. Matias Pino was stripped off his Paralympic slot when he was convicted of a doping violation by taking octopamine in August 2019 which resulted in him losing two medals at the Parapans and his Paralympic slot was given to the United States.[5] [6]

Men
AthleteEventGroup StageRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Luis FloresMen's singles C2
W 3–2

W 3–2
1
L 2-3
did not advance9
Cristian GonzálezMen's singles C4
L 0–3

W 3-2
2
L 0–3
did not advance9
Cristian DettoniMen's singles C6
W 3-0

L 2-3
1
L 2-3
did not advance5
Luis Flores
Cristian González
Men's team C4-5
L 0-2
did not advance5
Women

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Chile qualified three player entries for wheelchair tennis. Two of them qualified through the world rankings, while the other qualified under the bipartite commission invitation allocation quota.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Alexander CataldoMen's singles
W 6-3, 6-4

L 2-6, 3-6
did not advance17
Jaime Sepulveda
L 6-1, 4-6, 4-6
did not advance33
Cataldo / SepulvedaMen's doubles
W 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

N 1-6, 5-7
did not advance9
Macarena CabrillanaWomen's singles
L 1-6, 0-6
did not advance17

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MARIANA ZÚÑIGA SE ALISTA PARA SUS PRIMEROS JUEGOS PARALÍMPICOS. 27 July 2021. www.paralimpico.cl/. Chilean Paralympic Committee. 29 August 2021. es.
  2. Web site: 15 September 2019. Medallists by Event. live. 2020-07-04 . International Paralympic Committee. https://web.archive.org/web/20200704173934/https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resSWLO19/pdf/SWLO19/SW/SWLO19_SW_C93_SW0000000.pdf .
  3. Web site: 14 October 2019. World Championships Slot Allocation Method. live. 2020-07-29 . International Paralympic Committee. https://web.archive.org/web/20200729124459/https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/2019-12/2019_10_14%20Tokyo%202020%20Paralympic%20Games_WCH%20slots.pdf .
  4. Web site: 2 August 2020. These five Para athletes and teams qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. live. 2020-08-09 . Lima 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200809090744/https://www.lima2019.pe/en/magazine/these-five-para-athletes-and-teams-qualified-for-the-tokyo-2020-paralympic-games .
  5. Web site: 14 April 2020. Chile's Matias Pino loses Parapan American Games medals for anti-doping violation. live. 2020-04-18 . International Paralympic Committee. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418141744/https://www.paralympic.org/news/chile-s-matias-pino-loses-parapan-american-games-medals-anti-doping-violation .
  6. Web site: 23 August 2019. Cristian Gonzalez y Tamara Leonelli aseguran las primeras medallas para Chile en Lima 2019 (in Spanish). live. 2021-05-13 . el Deportero. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513063642/https://eldeportero.cl/cristian-gonzalez-y-tamara-leonelli-aseguran-las-primeras-medallas-para-chile-en-lima-2019/ .