Bolivia at the 2019 Pan American Games

Bolivia competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.^[1][2]

Bolivia at the 2019 Pan American Games
IOC code	BOL
NOC	Bolivian Olympic Committee
in Lima, Peru 26 July–11 August 2019
Competitors	49 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Conrrado Moscoso (opening)
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 5
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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Bolivia's consisted of 49 athletes (28 men and 21 women), the highest the country has ever sent to one edition of the Pan American Games.^[3] On July 4, 2019, racquetball athlete Conrrado Moscoso was named as the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[4][5]

On August 10, 2019, Carlos Keller, Roland Keller and Conrrado Moscoso won the gold medal in the racquetball men's team competition, surpassing the bronze medal won four years earlier in at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. Reserve Kadim Carrasco was also awarded a medal. This marked Bolivia's first ever gold medal at the Pan American Games.^[6] Overall the country won five medals, the most at any edition of the games, and ranked 19th overall.^[7]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	3	3
Athletics (track and field)	3	2	5
Badminton	0	1	1
Basque pelota	1	0	1
Bodybuilding	1	1	2
Canoeing	1	0	1
Cycling	2	1	3
Equestrian	1	0	1
Golf	0	2	2
Gymnastics	1	2	3
Karate	1	0	1
Modern pentathlon	2	2	4
Racquetball	4	3	7
Shooting	5	2	7
Swimming	3	1	4
Tennis	2	1	3
Triathlon	1	0	1
Total	28	21	49

Medalists

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Carlos Keller Roland Keller Conrrado Moscoso Kadim Carrasco Racquetball Men's Team August 10  Silver Roland Keller Conrrado Moscoso Racquetball Men's Doubles August 7  Silver Federico Zeballos Noelia Zeballos Tennis Mixed Doubles August 3  Bronze Conrrado Moscoso Racquetball Men's Singles August 6  Bronze Angelica Barrios Valeria Centellas Jenny Daza Racquetball Women's Team August 9

Medals by sport Sport Total Racquetball 1 1 2 4 Tennis 0 1 0 1 Total 1 2 2 5 Medals by day Day Date Total 8 August 3 0 1 0 1 11 August 6 0 0 1 1 12 August 7 0 1 0 1 14 August 9 0 0 1 1 15 August 10 1 0 0 1 Total 1 2 2 5 Medals by gender Gender Total Female 0 0 1 1 Male 1 1 1 3 Mixed 0 0 1 1 Total 1 2 2 5

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2019 Pan American Games and Archery at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Bolivia qualified a recurve women's team of three athletes by finishing in the top six at the 2018 Pan American Championships in Medellín, Colombia.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Dahara Claros	Recurve individual	537	31 Q	Kaufhold (USA) L 0–6	Did not advance
Ebe Fernandez		592	25 Q	Mickelberry (USA) L 0–6	Did not advance
Ana Garcia		520	32 Q	Valencia (MEX) L 0–6	Did not advance
Dahara Claros Ebe Fernandez Ana Garcia	Recurve team	1649	8 Q	—		Mexico L 0–6	Did not advance

Athletics (track and field)

Main articles: Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Bolivia qualified five track and field athletes (three men and two women).^[3]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
• PB = Personal best
• SB = Seasonal best
• DSQ = Disqualified

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Daniel Toroya	Men's 5000 m	14:02.96	11
Vidal Basco	Men's 10,000 m	28:34.37 PB	4
Ronald Quispe	Men's 50 km walk	DSQ
Tania Chavez	Women's 3000 m steeplechase	DSQ
Ángela Castro	Women's 20 km walk	1:32:15 SB	5

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2019 Pan American Games and Badminton at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Bolivia received a reallocated quota spot for a female athlete. This marked the country's Pan American Games debut in the sport.^[12][13]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Juanita Siviora	Singles	Williams (BAR) L 0–2 (7–21, 4–21)	Did not advance

Basque pelota

Main article: Basque pelota at the 2019 Pan American Games

Bolivia qualified one male athlete in basque pelota.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Josias Bazo	Individual hand fronton	Nelson (CUB) L 0–2	Quinto (PER) W 2–0	2 Q	Alvarez (CHI) L 0–2	Otheguy (BRA) L 0–2	4

Bodybuilding

Main articles: Bodybuilding at the 2019 Pan American Games and Bodybuilding at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Bolivia qualified a full team of two bodybuilders (one male and one female).^[14]

Athlete	Event	Prejudging		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ayrton Medrano	Men's classic bodybuilding	—		Did not advance
Estefania Ninaja	Women's bikini fitness	—		Did not advance

• No results were provided for the prejudging round, with only the top six advancing.

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2019 Pan American Games and Canoeing at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Slalom

Bolivia qualified one male canoe slalom athlete.^[15][16] This marked the country's debut in the discipline at the Pan American Games.

Key

• Note–Ranks given are within the heat

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heat						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Juan Singuri	K-1	204.65	10	151.51	10	151.51	10	Did not advance
	Extreme K-1	—	DNF	—				Did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2019 Pan American Games and Cycling at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Bolivia qualified one male cyclist in the BMX discipline.^[17] Bolivia was later reallocated an additional quota in men's BMX and a women's quota in the road/track events.^[17]

BMX

Men

Athlete	Event	Time trial		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jamie Quintanilla	Racing	35.897	16	12	4 Q	20	7	Did not advance
Igor Vaca		36.790	18	15	5	Did not advance

Road

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Micaela Sarabia Ricaldez	Road race	2:32:47	36
	Time trial	30:07.63	20

Track

Women

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	Final/Placement
		Rank	Rank	Rank
Micaela Sarabia Ricaldez	Keirin	5 R	7 QB	Did not start

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch		Tempo		Elimination		Points race		Total points
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Micaela Sarabia Ricaldez	Omnium	10	16	10	16	8	17	Did not finish

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2019 Pan American Games and Equestrian at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Bolivia qualified one athlete in equestrian.^[18]

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
Daniel Bedoya	Quattro	Individual	7.76	26	8	15	24	40	39.76	33 Q	17	25	Did not advance

Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2019 Pan American Games and Golf at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Bolivia qualified two female golfers.^[19]

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Final
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	To par	Rank
Maria Jose Savoca Cespedes	Individual	83	80	83	78	324	+40	31
Luciana Calbimonte Osorio		77	87	80	77	321	+37	30

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2019 Pan American Games and Gymnastics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Artistic

Bolivia qualified one male and one female artistic gymnast.^[20] Bolivia was later reallocated an additional female quota.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Total	Rank	Final						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Gustavo Cumali	Individual all-around	10.350	8.500	9.750	11.800	8.675	8.650	57.725	41	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Total	Rank	Final				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Maria Arauz	Individual all-around	12.700	9.750	9.550	8.850	41.250	37	Did not advance
Diana Vazquez		13.200	9.350	10.750	10.950	44.250	35	Did not advance

Karate

Main articles: Karate at the 2019 Pan American Games and Karate at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Bolivia qualified one male karateka in the 84 kg kumite event, after finishing in the top two qualifying positions from the 2018 South American Games.^[21][22]

Kumite

Men

Athlete	Event	Round Robin				Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed Yussuf	–84 kg	Cuevas (MEX) L 0–2	Madani (USA) L 0–2	Macedo (URU) L 0–4	4	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main articles: Modern pentathlon at the 2019 Pan American Games and Modern pentathlon at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Bolivia qualified four modern pentathletes (two men and two women).^[23] The team was officially named on May 21, 2019.^[24]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Fencing (Épée One Touch + Bonus round)			Swimming (200m Freestyle)			Riding (Show Jumping)			Shooting/Running (10 m Air Pistol/3000m)			Total Points	Final Rank
		Wins	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
Said Rollano	Men's	7	31	145	2:36.04	30	238	EL		0	12:43.00	27	537	920	31
Daniel Tiñini		12	24	180	2:22.70	25	265	83.13	16	267	12:50.00	28	530	1242	17
Mariela Ayala	Women's	12	22	180	3:28.89	31	133	EL		0	15:27.00	25	373	686	29
Fátima Cabrera		7	28	145	2:44.22	25	222	DNF		0	14:51.00	22	409	776	26

Relay

Athlete	Event	Fencing (Épée One Touch + Bonus round)			Swimming (200m Freestyle)			Riding (Show Jumping)			Shooting/Running (10 m Air Pistol/3000m)			Total Points	Final Rank
		Wins	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
Said Rollano Daniel Tiñini	Men's	11	10	194	2:14.76	12	281	164.6	11	192	11:51.00	10	589	1256	10
Mariela Ayala Fátima Cabrera	Women's	8	11	150	2:53.55	11	DNS			DNF
Daniel Tiñini Fátima Cabrera	Mixed	20 + 2	9	196	2:18.02	12	274	147.95	11	249	12:44.00	10	536	1255	10

Racquetball

Main articles: Racquetball at the 2019 Pan American Games and Racquetball at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Bolivia qualified seven racquetball athletes (four men and three women).^[25][26]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying Round robin				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Carlos Keller	Men's singles	Mercado (COL) L 0–2	Salvatierra (GUA) W 2–0	—	2 Q	Murray (CAN) L 1–2	Did not advance
Conrrado Moscoso		Acuna (CRC) W 2–1	Ugalde (ECU) L 1–2	—	1 Q	Bye	Pratt (USA) W 2–0	Montoya (MEX) L 0–2	Did not advance
Roland Keller Conrrado Moscoso	Men's doubles	Franco / Mercado (COL) W 2–0	Mendiguri / Luque (PER) W 2–0	Rios / Ugalde (ECU) W 2–0	1 Q	Bye	Moyet / Chacon (CUB) W 2–0	Acuna / Camacho (CRC) W 2–1	Montoya / MAR (MEX) L 1–2
Carlos Keller Roland Keller Conrrado Moscoso Kadim Carrasco	Men's team	—				Bye	Guatemala W 2–0	United States W 2–1	Colombia W 2–1

• Kadim Carrasco did not compete in any matches.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying Round robin				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Angelica Barrios	Singles	Munoz (ECU) W 2–0	Munoz (CHI) W 2–0	Felipe (CUB) W 2–0	1 Q	Amaya (COL) W 2–1	Longoria (MEX) L 0–2	Did not advance
Valeria Centellas		Amaya (COL) W 2–1	Parada (CHI) W 2–0	Viera (CUB) W 2–0	1 Q	Riveros (COL) L 1–2	Did not advance
Angelica Barrios Jenny Daza	Doubles	Lambert / Saunders (CAN) W 2–1	Rodriguez / Martinez (GUA) L 1–2	Jimenez / Delgado (DOM) W 2–1	2 Q	Bye	Lawrence / Rajsich (USA) L 0–2	Did not advance
Angelica Barrios Valeria Centellas Jenny Daza	Team	—				Cuba W 2–0	Guatemala W 2–0	Argentina L 0–2	Did not advance

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2019 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Bolivia qualified seven sport shooters (five men and two women).^[27][28][29]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rudolf Knijnenburg	10 m air pistol	568	12	Did not advance
	25 m rapid fire pistol	537	19	Did not advance
Diego Cossio Quiroga	25 m rapid fire pistol	554	12	Did not advance
Gabriel Chambi	10 m air rifle	584.7	28	Did not advance
	50 m rifle three positions	1084	25	Did not advance
Henry Aviles Arroyo	Trap	106	24	Did not advance
César Menacho		99	=26	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Selenia Ledezma	10 m air rifle	595.0	22	Did not advance
Madeleine Velasco	Trap	86	14	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gabriel Chambi Selenia Ledezma	10 metre air rifle	783.2	22	Did not advance
César Menacho Madeleine Velasco	Trap	110	13	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Bolivia qualified four swimmers (three men and one women).^[30]

Key

• Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
• QA – Qualified for Final A
• QB – Qualified for Final B

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
José Alberto Quintanilla	Men's 50 m freestyle	23.89	24	Did not advance
Gabriel Castillo Sulca	Men's 100 m backstroke	1:00.12	22	Did not advance
Santiago Cavanagh	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:04.71	20	Did not advance
Karen Torrez	Women's 50 m freestyle	25.72	5 QA	25.56	6
	Women's 100 m freestyle	57.19	8 QA	56.59	6
	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:01.73	10 QB	1:01.80	11

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Bolivia qualified three tennis players (two men and one woman).^[3]

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Boris Arias	Men's singles	Bye	Varillas (PER) L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Federico Zeballos		Turcios (HON) W 6–3, 4–6, 6–1	Redlicki (USA) L 2–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Noelia Zeballos	Women's singles	—	Vagramov (CAN) L 6–3, 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Boris Arias Federico Zeballos	Men's doubles	—	Bye	Hernández / Fierros (MEX) W 6–1, 6–2	Subervi / Burgos (DOM) W 6–2, 6–7, [10–2]	Escobar / Quiroz (ECU) L 3–6, 4–6	Galdós / Varillas (PER) L 3–6, 6–3, [10–12]	4
Federico Zeballos Noelia Zeballos	Mixed doubles	—		Bye	Sánchez / Olmos (MEX) W 6–2, 2–6, [10–5]	Galdós / Iamachkine (PER) W 1–6, 6–4, [10–2]	Jarry / Guarachi (CHI) L 1–6, 3–6

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2019 Pan American Games and Triathlon at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Bolivia received one wild card in the men's individual competition.^[3] Madde became the first Bolivian to finish the competition, as all previous representatives were unable too.^[31]

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (8.88 km)	Total	Rank
Alejandro Madde	Individual	19:49	1:08	1:30:0	0:29	38:55	2:09:26	28