Nicaragua at the 2019 Pan American Games

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

Nicaragua at the 2019 Pan American Games
IOC code	NCA
NOC	Nicaraguan Olympic Committee
in Lima, Peru 26 July–11 August, 2019
Competitors	60 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Swan Mendoza (opening)
Medals Ranked 29th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total 3
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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In June 2019, the Nicaraguan Olympic Committee named a team of 60 athletes (41 men and 19 women) competing in 13 sports.^[3]

During the opening ceremony of the games, beach volleyball athlete Swan Mendoza carried the flag of the country as part of the parade of nations.^[4][5]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics (track and field)	0	1	1
Baseball	24	0	24
Bodybuilding	1	1	2
Boxing	4	5	9
Judo	0	1	1
Karate	3	0	3
Rowing	2	2	4
Taekwondo	1	1	2
Shooting	2	1	3
Swimming	2	2	4
Volleyball	2	2	4
Weightlifting	0	2	2
Wrestling	0	1	1
Total	41	19	60

Medalists

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Bronze Kevin Arias Boxing Men's 49 kg July 30  Bronze Lesther Espino Boxing Men's 75 kg July 30  Bronze Benjamín Alegría Luis Alen Isaac Benard Jimmy Bermúdez Dwight Britton Jorge Bucardo Wilber Bucardo Jilton Calderón Darrel Campbell Ofilio Castro Berman Espinoza Rafael Estrada Fidencio Flores Jesús Garrido Ernesto Glasgon Elías Gutiérrez Wilton López Gustavo Martínez Marvin Martínez Edgard Montiel Javier Robles Junior Téllez Norlando Valle Wuillians Vasquez Baseball Men's tournament August 4

Medals by sport Sport Total Boxing 0 0 2 2 Baseball 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 3 3

Athletics (track and field)

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

Nicaragua entered one female athlete.^[3] Originally two athletes were named to the team.^[3]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round

Women

Field event

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Dalila Rugama	Javelin throw	47.66	14

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2019 Pan American Games

Nicaragua qualified a men's team of 24 athletes by finishing in the top four at the 2019 Pan American Games Qualifier in Brazil.^[6][7][8]

Roster

Player	Pos.	DOB and age	Team	League	Birthplace
Jimmy Bermúdez	P	(1981-06-21)June 21, 1981 (aged 38)	Leones de León	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Ticuantepe, Nicaragua
Wilber Bucardo	P	(1987-11-20)November 20, 1987 (aged 31)	Tigres del Chinandega	Nicaraguan Baseball League	León, Nicaragua
Berman Espinoza	P	(1987-11-04)November 4, 1987 (aged 31)	Indios del Bóer	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Fidencio Flores	P	(1991-09-10)September 10, 1991 (aged 27)	Indios del Bóer	Nicaraguan Baseball League	El Sauce, Nicaragua
Elvin García	P	(1990-05-14)May 14, 1990 (aged 29)	Indios del Bóer	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Estelí, Nicaragua
Jesús Garrido	P	(1995-05-10)May 10, 1995 (aged 24)	Leones de León	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Chinandega, Nicaragua
Ernesto Glasgon	P	(1991-09-14)September 14, 1991 (aged 27)	Indios del Bóer	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Caribe Sur, Nicaragua
Elías Gutiérrez	P	(1994-12-11)December 11, 1994 (aged 24)	Leones de León	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Jinotega, Nicaragua
Wilton López	P	(1983-07-19)July 19, 1983 (aged 36)			León, Nicaragua
Gustavo Martínez	P	(1975-11-09)November 9, 1975 (aged 43)	Gigantes de Rivas	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Junior Téllez	P	(1990-07-01)July 1, 1990 (aged 29)	Tigres del Chinandega	Nicaraguan Baseball League	León, Nicaragua
Luis Alen	C	(1985-04-16)April 16, 1985 (aged 34)	Leones de León	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
Rafael Estrada	C	(1993-03-05)March 5, 1993 (aged 26)	Leones de León	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Jinotega, Nicaragua
Benjamín Alegría	IF	(1997-08-06)August 6, 1997 (aged 21)	Leones de León	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Managua, Nicaragua
Darrel Campbell	IF	(1981-12-29)December 29, 1981 (aged 37)	Gigantes de Rivas	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Bluefields, Nicaragua
Ofilio Castro	IF	(1983-08-18)August 18, 1983 (aged 35)	Leones de León	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Managua, Nicaragua
Marvin Martínez	IF	(1991-04-20)April 20, 1991 (aged 28)	Tigres del Chinandega	Nicaraguan Baseball League	León, Nicaragua
Edgard Montiel	IF	(1988-01-13)January 13, 1988 (aged 31)	Tigres del Chinandega	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Managua, Nicaragua
Wuillians Vasquez	IF	(1983-07-23)July 23, 1983 (aged 36)	Leones de León	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Acarigua, Venezuela
Isaac Benard	OF	(1996-01-02)January 2, 1996 (aged 23)	Florence Freedom	Frontier League	West Richland, Washington, United States
Dwight Britton	OF	(1987-07-17)July 17, 1987 (aged 32)	Leones de León	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Corn Islands, Nicaragua
Jilton Calderón	OF	(1988-09-16)September 16, 1988 (aged 30)	Indios del Bóer	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Jinotepe, Nicaragua
Javier Robles	OF	(1994-08-10)August 10, 1994 (aged 24)	Indios del Bóer	Nicaraguan Baseball League	Masaya, Nicaragua
Norlando Valle	OF	(1994-08-02)August 2, 1994 (aged 24)	Tigres del Chinandega	Nicaraguan Baseball League	León, Nicaragua

Group A

	GP	W	L	RS	RA	DIFF
Puerto Rico	3	3	0	13	5	+8
Nicaragua	3	2	1	17	9	+8
Dominican Republic	3	1	2	13	9	+4
Peru	3	0	3	4	24	−14

Qualified for the Super round

July 30 10:05	Puerto Rico	7–3	Nicaragua	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,059
		Boxscore

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July 31 10:05	Nicaragua	4–2	Dominican Republic	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 577
		Boxscore

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August 1 19:05	Peru	0–10 (F/7)	Nicaragua	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,994
		Boxscore

Super round

	GP	W	L	RS	RA	DIFF
Puerto Rico	3	3	0	17	9	+8
Canada	3	2	1	25	11	+14
Colombia	3	1	2	15	13	+2
Nicaragua	3	0	3	4	28	−24

August 2 19:05	Nicaragua	1–11 (F/7)	Colombia	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,513
		Boxscore

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August 3 15:05	Nicaragua	0–10 (F/7)	Canada	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: 1,979
		Boxscore

Bronze medal match

August 4 11:05	Colombia	0–6	Nicaragua	Baseball Stadium, Lima Attendance: N/A
		Boxscore

Bodybuilding

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

Nicaragua qualified a full team of two bodybuilders (one male and one female).^[9]

Athlete	Event	Prejudging		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jorge Callejas	Men's classic bodybuilding	—		79	6
Grace Callejas	Women's bikini fitness	—		Did not advance

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

Boxing

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

Nicaragua qualified nine boxers (four men and five women).^[10][11][12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kevin Arias	49 kg	Bezerra (BRA) W 3–2	Martínez (COL) L 0–5	Did not advance
Jimmy Brenes	69 kg	Iglesias (CUB) L 0–5	Did not advance
Lesther Espino	75 kg	Prince (TRI) W RSC	López (CUB) L 0–5	Did not advance
Darwin Rodríguez	+91 kg	Brown (JAM) L 2–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Katy Esquivel	51 kg	Hernández (DOM) L 1–4	Did not advance
Keyling Reyes	57 kg	Romeu (BRA) L RSC	Did not advance
Scarleth Ojeda	60 kg	Falcon (MEX) L 0–5	Did not advance
Keyling Osejo	69 kg	Cruz (MEX) L 0–5	Did not advance
Fredly Ramírez	75 kg	Figueiredo (BRA) L 0–5	Did not advance

Judo

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

Nicaragua qualified one female judoka.^[13]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Izayana Marenco	+78 kg	Bye	Cutro-Kelly (USA) L 00S3–100S1	Did not advance	Wood (TRI) W 100–000	Souza (BRA) L 00S2–100	=5

Karate

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

Nicaragua qualified three male karatekas.^[14] The team of three athletes was disqualified in the bronze medal match versus Brazil for going over the time limit.^[15]

Kata

Men

Athlete	Event	Round Robin		Final / BM
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Alejandro Hernandez Daniel Lira Franklin Sanchez	Team kata	21.40	3 QB	Brazil L 0–24.42	=5

Rowing

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

Nicaragua qualified two female rowers.^[16] Later two male quotas were redistributed to the country.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Felix Potoy Eddy Vanega	Men's double sculls	7:00.61	6 R	6:48.75	4 FB	7:08.66	10
Evidelia González Ana Vanegas	Women's pair	7:54.47	5 FA	—		8:07.30	5

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A; FB=Final B; R=Repechage

• Results given are within the heat.

Shooting

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

Nicaragua received three reallocated sports in shooting (two men and one woman).^[3]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Angel Barquero	Men's 10 m air pistol	552	29	Did not advance
Rafael Lacayo		556	28	Did not advance
Maria Lopez	Women's 10 m air rifle	579.4	24	Did not advance
	50 m rifle three positions	1129	17	Did not advance

Swimming

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

Nicaragua qualified four swimmers (two men and two women).^[17]

Key

• Note – Ranks given are for the entire round

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miguel Mena	Men's 50 m freestyle	24.00	26	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle	52.07	19	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:57.67	20	Did not advance
Eisner Barbarena	Men's 100 m backstroke	1:00.52	23	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:15.83	23	Did not advance
María Hernández	Women's 50 m freestyle	27.74	25	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:17.25	23	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:11.75	24	Did not advance
Maria Schutzmeier	Women's 100 m freestyle	59.32	20	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:03.99	18	Did not advance

Taekwondo

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

Nicaragua qualified one male and one female taekwondo practitioner.^[18]

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jerry Mansell	Men's 58 kg	Oblitas (PER) L 8–19	Did not advance
Solansh Vargas	Women's 49 kg	Canseco (PER) L 8–11	Did not advance

Volleyball

Beach

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

Nicaragua qualified four beach volleyball athletes (two men and two women).^[19][20]

Athletes	Event	Preliminary Round				Qualifying round	Placement round	Placement match	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Rubén Mora Danny López	Men's	Nusbaum / Plantinga (CAN) L 0–2 (20–22, 28–30)	M. Grimalt / E. Grimalt (CHI) L 1–2 (19–21, 21–19, 13–15)	Ontiveros/ Virgen (MEX) L 0–2 (16–21, 17–21)	4	Did not qualify	Vásquez / Seminario (PER) W 2–0 (21–7, 21–15)	Alpízar / Valenciano (CRC) W 2–0 (21–16, 21–14)	13
Swan Mendoza Lolette Rodriguez	Women's	Harnett / Lapointe (CAN) L 1–2 (17–21, 21–14, 9–15)	Gallay / Pereyra (ARG) L 0–2 (12–21, 11–21)	Alvarado / Bethancourt (GUA) W 2–0 (21–15, 21–18)	3 Q	Araya / Valenciano (CRC) L 0–2 (14–21, 16–21)	Allcca / Mendoza (PER) L 1–2 (21–18, 22–24, 11–15)	Orellana / Revuelta (MEX) L 0–2 (16–21, 18–21)	12

Weightlifting

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

Nicaragua qualified two female weightlifters.^[21]

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
María Navarro	49 kg	60	11	83	9	143	9
Sema Ludrick	64 kg	89	5	112	5	222	5

Wrestling

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

Nicaragua received one wild card in the women's freestyle discipline.^[22]

Freestyle

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Paula Ramírez	57 kg	Bye	Burkert (USA) L 0–10	Did not advance	—	Penalber (BRA) L 2–2F	=5