Paraguay at the 2023 Pan American Games explained

Noc:	PAR
Nocname:	Paraguayan Olympic Committee
Year:	2023
Games Link:	2023 Pan American Games
Games:	Pan American Games
Location:	Santiago, Chile
Competitors:	117
Sports:	22
Flagbearer Close:	Fabrizio Zanotti & Sofia Garcia
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	6
Rank:	21
Appearances:	auto

Paraguay competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Paraguay's 17th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games except 1959 and 1963.

On 4 October 2023, the Paraguayan Olympic Committee officially named the team of 117 athletes (41 men and 76 women) competing in 22 sports.^[1]

Athlete Derlis Ayala and cyclist Agua Marina Espínola were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[2] Meanwhile, golfers Fabrizio Zanotti and Sofia Garcia were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

Competitors

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

width=130	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	6	2	8
Badminton	1	0	1
Boxing	1	1	2
Canoeing	1	2	3
Cycling	1	3	4
Equestrian	2	0	2
Fencing	0	1	1
Football	0	18	18
Golf	2	2	4
Handball	0	14	14
Karate	1	1	2
Roller sports	3	0	3
Rowing	6	8	14
Rugby sevens	0	12	12
Shooting	1	1	2
Swimming	4	4	8
Table tennis	3	1	4
Tennis	3	1	4
Volleyball	2	2	4
Water skiing	1	1	2
Weightlifting	2	2	4
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	41	76	117

Medalists

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Sofia García		Women's individual
			Women's coxless pair
			Women's single sculls
			Men's slalom C-1
			Women's slalom C-1
			Women's road race
			Women's tournament

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. Paraguay qualified eight athletes (six men and two women) for the games.

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Derlys Sánchez	Marathon
Jonathan Reimer Cesar Escobar Fredy Maidana Misael Ayala	4 × 100 m relay

Field events

Women
Track & road events

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Anna Pirelli	style=font-size:95%	Result
style=font-size:95%	Points

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games and Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. Paraguay qualified one male athlete.^{[3] [4]}

Men

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. Paraguay qualified two boxers (one per gender).^[5]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcelo Sparling	Men's +92 kg
Minerva Mereles	Women's –57 kg

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Canoeing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification.

Slalom

Paraguay qualified a total of two slalom athletes (one man and one woman).^{[6] [7]}

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round			Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Leonardo Curcel	Men's C-1
Ana Paula Castro	Women's C-1

Sprint

Paraguay qualified a female sprint canoeist.^[8]

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games and Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. Paraguay qualified two female cyclists. ^[9]

BMX

Freestyle

Racing

Road

Paraguay qualified 1 cyclist at the Pan American Championships.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Água Marina Salinas	Women's road race
	Women's time trial

Track

Paraguay qualified a team of 12 cyclists (8 men and 4 women).^[10]

Sprint

Keirin

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2023 Pan American Games and Equestrian at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. Paraguay qualified two equestrians in Jumping.^[11]

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total		Round A		Round B		Total
			Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank
Denis Gouvea		align=left rowspan=2	Individual
Martín Vera Caballero

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Fencing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. Paraguay qualified one female fencer through the 2022 Pan American Fencing Championships in Asunción, Paraguay.^{[12] [13]}

Individual

Football

See main article: Football at the 2023 Pan American Games and Football at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament.

Summary

Paraguay qualified a women's team of 18 athletes after finishing fourth at the 2022 Copa América Femenina in Colombia.^{[14] [15]}

Roster

• Cristina Cabañas
• Limpia Cáceres
• Lorena Ortíz
• Daisy Martínez
• Hilda Izquierdo
• María Segóvia
• Celsa Barrientos
• Deisy González
• Rebeca Valiente
• Jessica Villagra
• Fany Caballero
• Glória López
• Dahiana Giménez
• Camila Doerzbacher
• Fanny Duarte
• Ramona Martínez
• María Auxiliadora Vecca
• Camila Gómez

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2023 Pan American Games and Golf at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. Paraguay qualified a team of four golfers (two men and two women).^[16]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Fabrizio Zanotti	align=left rowspan=2	Men's individual
Erich Fortlage
Sofia García	align=left rowspan=2	Women's individual
Milagros Chaves

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games.

Summary

Women's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament. Paraguay qualified a women's team (of 14 athletes) by finishing second in the 2022 South American Games. ^[17]

Roster

• Fátima Morel
• María Cristina Espinoza
• Delyne Morlas
• Ana Giuliana Vera
• María Paula Estigarribia
• Camila Krussel
• Fernanda Mora
• Kamila Ledesma
• Maggie Lara
• Karina Rodríguez
• Ada Lugo
• Jazmín Peralta
• Kiara Martínez
• Fátima Insfrán

Group B--------

Karate

See main article: Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games and Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. Paraguay qualified a team of two karatekas (one man and one woman) at the 2022 South American Games.^[18]

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Round robin				Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jesús Servín	Men's −84 kg
Yennifer Servin	Women's -55 kg

Roller sports

See main article: Roller sports at the 2023 Pan American Games and Roller sports at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification.

Figure

Paraguay qualified a team of two athletes in figure skating (one man and one woman).^{[19] [20]}

Speed

Paraguay qualified two male athletes in speed skating.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
José Daniel Moncada	Men's 200 metres time-trial
	Men's 500 metres + distance
Julio Mirena	Men's 1,000 metres sprint
	Men's 10,000 m elimination

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. Paraguay qualified 14 athletes (six men and eight women).^{[21] [22] [23] [24]}

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Javier Andrés Torres	align=left rowspan=2	Men's single sculls
	Men's double sculls
Nicole Anahi González	align=left rowspan=2	Women's single sculls
	Women's double sculls
	Women's pair
	Women's lightweight Double sculls

Rugby sevens

See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2023 Pan American Games.

Women's tournament

See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament. Paraguay qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) by finishing second in the 2022 South American Games.^[25]

Roster

• Ingrid Aquino
• Cinthia Santander
• María Villalba
• Romina Ocampos
• Sofia Flores
• Liz Salinas
• Araceli Franco
• Lucero Martinez
• Maira Cristaldo
• Chiara Gaete
• Kiara Gomez
• Gladys López

Summary

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. Paraguay qualified a total of two shooters.^[26]

Men

Pistol and rifle

Women

Shotgun

Swimming

See main article: Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification.

Paraguay qualified eight athletes (four per gender).

Men

• Benjamin Hockin
• Matheo Mateos
• Charles Daniel Hockin
• Matias Chaparro

Women

• Luana Méndez
• Maria Villagra
• Astrid Genes
• Ayelet Coronel

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games and Table tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. Paraguay qualified a team of four athletes (three men and one woman) through the 2023 South American Championship and the Special Qualification Event.^[27]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				First round	Second round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcelo Aguirre	align=left rowspan=2	Singles
Alejandro Toranzos
Marcelo Aguirre Alejandro Toranzos	Doubles
Marcelo Aguirre Alejandro Toranzos Axel Bertolo	Team

Women

Mixed

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification.

Paraguay qualified a total of four tennis players (three men and one woman).^[28]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adolfo Vallejo	align=left rowspan=3	Singles
Martín Vergara
Hernando Escurra
	Doubles

Women

Volleyball

Beach

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2023 Pan American Games. Paraguay qualified a men's and women's pair for a total of four athletes.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gonzalo Melgarejo Giuliano Mazzare	Men's
Michelle Valiente Erika Mongelós	Women's

Water skiing

See main article: Water skiing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Water skiing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification.

Argentina qualified two wakeboarders (one of each gender) during the 2022 Pan American Championship.^{[29] [30]}

Argentina also qualified four water skiers during the 2022 Pan American Water skiing Championship.^[31]

Wakeboard

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Slalom	Jump	Tricks	Total	Rank
Camilo García	Wakeboard
Ana Cristina Benza	Wakeboard

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games and Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. Paraguay qualified four weightlifters (two men and two women).^[32]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kyle Hamilton	Men's 73 kg
Juan José Recalde	Men's 102 kg
Violeta Martino	Women's 59 kg
Johana Prieto	Women's 71 kg

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2023 Pan American Games and Wrestling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. Paraguay qualified a male wrestler through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships and the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships.^[33]

Men

See also

• Paraguay at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Paraguay at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Notes and References

1. Web site: El Team Paraguay listo para los Panamericanos Santiago 2023. Team Paraguay ready for the Pan American Games Santiago 2023. 4 October 2023. www.teamesa.prg. Paraguayan Olympic Committee. 13 October 2023. es.
2. Web site: Atletas paraguayos reciben la tricolor bandera para Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023. Paraguayan athletes receive the tricolor flag for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. Spanish. 5 October 2023. www.radionacional.gov.py/. Radio Nacional del Paraguay. 7 October 2023.
3. Web site: Quotas Confirmed – Santiago 2023. 10 July 2023. www.badmintonpanam.org/. Badminton Pan America. 13 July 2023.
4. Web site: Ranking Road to Santiago 2023. 2 May 2023. www.badmintonpanam.org/. Badminton Pan America. 13 July 2023.
5. Web site: Asuncion 2022 South American Games will feature 18 qualifying sports for Santiago 2023. www.panamsports.com/. 26 September 2022 . Pan American Sports. 24 October 2022.
6. Web site: Pan American Canoe Slalom - 2023. 29 April 2023. www.canoagem.org.br/. Brazilian Confederation of Canoeing. 30 April 2023.
7. Web site: PAN-AMERICAN KAYAK CROSS. 30 April 2023. www.canoagem.org.br/. Brazilian Confederation of Canoeing. 30 April 2023.
8. Web site: 2022 Pan American Championships - Unofficial Results. www.adckc.ca. Atlantic Division Canoekayak Canada (ADCKC). 27 November 2022.
9. Web site: Pan American Games Santiago 2023 Winners Quotas. 1 May 2023. www.copaci.org. Confederación Panamericana de Ciclismo (Pan American Cycling Confederation). 1 May 2023.
10. Web site: La Selección Colombia Andina, campeona del ciclismo de pista en Suramericanos Asunción 2022. The Colombian Andean National Team, champion of track cycling in South American Asunción 2022. 17 October 2022. Spanish. www.revistamundociclistico.com/. Revista Mundo Ciclistico. 14 November 2022.
11. Web site: Individual Classification - S.Am Games-S - Asuncion, EHA (PAR) (08/10/2022 - 11/10/2022). 11 October 2022. www.fei.org/. FEI. 22 October 2022.
12. Web site: Viveros se clasifica a los Juegos Panamericanos. Viveros qualifies for the Pan American Games. Spanish. 8 June 2022. www.independiente.com.py/. Editorial de Negocios S.A.. 10 September 2022.
13. Web site: CPE-Of-066- 2022- Clasificados Esgrima Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023. CPE-Of-066- 2022- Qualified Fencing Pan American Games Santiago 2023. Spanish. 16 June 2022. www.scribd.com/. Pan American Fencing Confederation. 24 September 2022.
14. Web site: Argentina lo dio vuelta ante Paraguay y se clasificó a la Copa del Mundo Femenina 2023. Argentina turned it around against Paraguay and qualified for the 2023 Women's World Cup. Spanish. Miranda. Gonzalo. 29 July 2022. www.adnradio.cl/. ADN. 11 September 2022.
15. Web site: La Copa América femenina ya tiene sus clasificadas a Santiago 2023. The women's Copa América already has its qualifiers for Santiago 2023. Spanish. 1 August 2022. www.santiago2023.org/. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. 11 September 2022.
16. Web site: Golf Features Former PGA Tour Champions and Pan American Medalists at Santiago 2023. Gonzalez. Renato. 1 November 2023. www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 6 November 2023.
17. Web site: ODESUR: Paraguay es medalla de plata en Balonmano femenino. ODESUR: Paraguay is a silver medal in women's handball. Spanish. 10 October 2022. www.abc.com.py/. ABC Color. 24 October 2022.
18. Web site: Clasificados Santiago 2023. 30 May 2023. www.pkfkarate.com. Pan American Karate Federation. 4 June 2023.
19. Web site: Free Skating Men cat. Seniores. 11 September 2022. www.cbhp.com.br/. World Skate. 18 October 2022.
20. Web site: Free Skating Ladies cat. Seniores. 11 September 2022. www.cbhp.com.br/. World Skate. 18 October 2022.
21. Web site: Primer oro es de Javier Insfrán en remo. First gold goes to Javier Insfrán in rowing. Spanish. 3 December 2021. www.abc.com.py/. ABC Color. 25 December 2022.
22. Web site: Paraguay suma otro oro con Nicole Anahí Martínez. Paraguay adds another gold with Nicole Anahí Martínez. Spanish. 4 December 2021. www.d10.ultimahora.com/. D10. 25 December 2022.
23. Web site: Sumario de resultados diarios. 17 April 2023. www.remobrasil.com/. Brazilian Rowing Confederation. 18 April 2023.
24. Web site: Sumario de resultados diarios. 18 April 2023. www.remobrasil.com/. Brazilian Rowing Confederation. 18 April 2023.
25. Web site: Brazil victorious at South American Games in Asunción. 9 October 2022. www.americasrugbynews.com/. Americas Rugby News. 22 October 2022.
26. Web site: RESULTS TRAP WOMEN QUALIFICATION. 11 November 2022. www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 13 November 2022.
27. Web site: ENTRIES LIST - 86 PLAYERS. 13 October 2023. www.ittf.com/. International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). 15 October 2023.
28. Web site: Verónica Cepede se queda con la medalla de plata en los Juegos Odesur 2022. Verónica Cepede wins the silver medal at the Odesur 2022 Games. Spanish. 15 October 2022. www.lanacion.com.py/. La Nación. 10 November 2022.
29. Web site: Open Men Wakeboard Final results. 15 May 2022. www.iwwfed-ea.org. International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation. 20 October 2022.
30. Web site: Open Women Wakeboard Final results. 15 May 2022. www.iwwfed-ea.org. International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation. 20 October 2022.
31. Web site: Campeonato Panamericano 2022 Overall Open Team classification Team results. 3 December 2022. www.iwwfed-ea.org/. International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation. 3 December 2022.
32. Web site: REF: Cupos Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023. Quotas 2023 Pan American Games. Spanish. 8 February 2023. www.teamusa.org. Pan Am Pesas. 5 April 2023. 18-19.
33. uwwamericas. 1525601730104287234. All quotas qualified so far for Santiago 2023..