Chile at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Chile competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Chile at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Chile
IPC code	CHI
NPC	Chilean Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralimpico.cl
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors	28 (17 men and 11 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearers	Camila Campos Francisco Cayulef[1]
Medals Ranked 60th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 5 Total 6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Further information: 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Katherinne Wollermann Paracanoeing Women's KL1 8 September  Bronze Alberto Abarza Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S2 29 August  Bronze Alberto Abarza Swimming Men's 50 m backstroke S2 31 August  Bronze Alberto Abarza Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle S2 2 September  Bronze Florencia Pérez Table tennis Women's singles C8 6 September  Bronze Marion Serrano Powerlifting Women's -86 kg 8 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Paracanoeing 1 0 0 1 Swimming 0 0 3 3 Powerlifting 0 0 1 1 Table tennis 0 0 1 1 Total 1 0 5 6 Medals by day Day Date Total 1 29 August 0 0 1 1 3 31 August 0 0 1 1 5 2 September 0 0 1 1 9 6 September 0 0 1 1 11 8 September 1 0 1 2 Total 1 0 5 6 Medals by gender Gender Total Percentage Female 1 0 2 3 50.0% Male 0 0 3 3 50.0% Mixed 0 0 0 0 0.0% Total 1 0 5 6 100% Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Alberto Abarza Swimming 0 0 3 3

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	1	2	3
Badminton	1	0	1
Cycling	1	0	1
Judo	1	0	1
Paracanoeing	0	1	1
Powerlifting	2	2	4
Swimming	2	1	3
Table tennis	5	2	7
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Wheelchair tennis	4	1	5
Total	17	11	28

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Chile secured one quota at the 2023 Parapan American Games after finishing in the top two places in the open class disciplines.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mariana Zúñiga	Women's individual compound open	670	15	Choi (KOR) W 139–135	Devi (IND) W 138–137	Paterson Pine (GBR) L 138–143	Did not advance		8

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Chile entered three track and field athletes for the Paralympic games. Francisca Mardones qualified for the games by finishing in the top four places at the 2023 World Championships in her respective Paralympic class discipline;^[3] meanwhile Amanda Cerna and Mauricio Orrego qualified through high performance allocation.^[4]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• PR = Paralympic Record
• AR = Area (or continental) Record
• NR = National Record
• SB = Season's Best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Track events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mauricio Orrego	Men's 1500 m T46	N/A		4:06.03	11
Amanda Cerna	Women's 200 m T47	27.61 SB	6	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m T47	1:02.19	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Francisca Mardones	Women's shot put F54	7.59 SB	4

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

For the first time ever, Chile sent one male para-badminton player after Jaime Aránguiz received the bipartite commission invitation.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jaime Aránguiz	Men's singles WH2	Chan (HKG) L 10–21, 8–21	Bin Noorlan (MAL) W 21–15, 21–13	2	Did not advance		=5

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

For the first time ever, Chile sent one male para-cyclist after finishing among the top eligible nations at the 2022 UCI Nations ranking allocation ranking.^[6]

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Hernán Moya	Men's road race C4–5	2:39:13	16
	Men's time trial C5	42:37.64	12

Track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final / BM
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Hernán Moya	Men's time trial C4–5	1:08.476	17	Did not advance
	Men's pursuit C5	4:50.769	13	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Chile entered one athlete to compete at the Paralympics games. Johann Herrera qualified for the games after receiving the bipartite commission invitation; also marking the nation's debut in this sport.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Johann Herrera	Men's −60 kg J2	Bye	Zurabiani (GEO) L 00S2–01S1	Did not advance	Khorava (UKR) L 00–10	Did not advance	=7

Paracanoeing

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Chile secured one quota at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships after finishing in the top six places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Key

• Note–Ranks given for are within the athlete's heat only
• Qualification Legend: FA =Qualify to final (medal); SF =Qualify to semifinal

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katherinne Wollermann	Women's KL1	55.88	1 FA	Bye		51.95

Powerlifting

Main articles: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Chile has qualified four powerlifters for the games after each lifter finished in the top eight ranked places in their respective bodyweight category.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)	Rank
		1	2	3	4
Juan Carlos Garrido	Men's -59 kg	180	184	187	—	184	5
Jorge Carinao	Men's -65 kg	193	193	193	—	193	8
Camila Campos	Women's -50 kg	111	113	117	—	113	4
Marion Serrano	Women's -86 kg	129	134	141	—	134

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Chile secured two quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines. Kiara Godoy qualified for the games through the bipartite commission invitation.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alberto Abarza	Men's 200 m freestyle S2	4:14.71	3 Q	4:22.18
	Men's 50 m backstroke S2	59.99	3 Q	58.12
	Men's 100 m backstroke S2	2:01.74	2 Q	2:01.97
Vicente Almonacid	Men's 100 m breaststroke SB8	1:12.60	7 Q	DSQ
Kiara Godoy	Women's 100 m butterfly S9	1:18.80	10	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Chile entered seven athletes for the Paralympic games. Four of them qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of their gold medal results, in their respective class, through the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile.^[10][3] Ignacio Torres qualified for the games through the allocation of ITTF final world ranking;^[11] meanwhile Matías Pino qualified by winning the ITTF World Qualification Tournament in Pattaya, Thailand.^[12] Manuel Echaveguren qualified for the games through the bipartite commission invitation from the ITTF and the IPC.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Luis Flores	Men's singles C2	Bye	Sastre (ESP) W 3–1	Cha (KOR) L 0–3	Did not advance		=5
Maximiliano Rodríguez	Men's singles C4	—	Turan (TUR) L 1–3	Did not advance			=9
Matías Pino	Men's singles C6	—	Thainiyom (THA) L 0–3	Did not advance			=9
Ignacio Torres		—	Herrault (FRA) W 3–2	Parenzan (ITA) L 0–3	Did not advance		=5
Manuel Echaveguren	Men's singles C10	—	Ruiz (ESP) W 3–1	Radović (MNE) L 0–3	Did not advance		=5
Luis Flores Maximiliano Rodríguez	Men's doubles MD8	—	Kim / Kim (KOR) L 0–3	Did not advance			=9
Matías Pino Ignacio Torres	Men's doubles MD14	—	Morales / Valera (ESP) W 3–0	Liao / Yan (CHN) L 0–3	Did not advance		=5
Tamara Leonelli	Women's singles C5	—	Alabi (NGR) W 3–1	Pan (CHN) L 0–3	Did not advance		=5
Florencia Pérez	Women's singles C8	—	Bye	Kamkasomphou (FRA) W 3–0	Huang (CHN) L 0–3	Did not advance
Luis Flores Tamara Leonelli	Mixed doubles XD7	Addis / Sands (AUS) W 3–0	Merrien / Vautier (FRA) L 0–3	Did not advance			=9
Ignacio Torres Florencia Pérez	Mixed doubles XD17	Didier / Kamkasomphou (FRA) L 0–3	Did not advance				=17

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Chile entered one athlete to compete at the Paralympics competition. Constanza Fuentes qualified for the games in women's under 65 kg events, by virtue of winning the gold medal in her class at the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; also marking the nation's debut in this sport.^[14][15]

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Constanza Fuentes	Women's −65 kg	Yao (CHN) L 0–30	Did not advance				=9

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Chile entered four athletes for the Paralympic games due to the singles world ranking allocation;^[16] meanwhile Brayan Tapia qualified for the games through the bipartite commission invitation from the ITF and the IPC.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexander Cataldo	Men's singles	Bye	Berdichevsky (ISR) W 6–1, 3–6, 6–3	Fernández (ARG) L 0–6, 1–6	Did not advance			=9
Brayan Tapia		Lysov (ISR) L 5–7, 1–6	Did not advance					=33
Alexander Cataldo Brayan Tapia	Men's doubles	—	Bye	Hewett / Reid (GBR) L 1–6, 3–6	Did not advance			=9
Macarena Cabrillana	Women's singles	—	Rodríguez (COL) W 6–3, 6–1	Zhu (CHN) L 0–6, 4–6	Did not advance			=9
Francisco Cayulef	Quad singles	—	Sasson (ISR) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance			=9
Diego Pérez		—	Lapthorne (GBR) L 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance			=9
Francisco Cayulef Diego Pérez	Quad doubles	—	Ramphadi / Sithole (RSA) L 4–6, 7–6(1), [6–10]	Did not advance		=5

See also

• Chile at the 2023 Parapan American Games
• Chile at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Chile at the Paralympics